Abstract
It has been hypothesized that parents of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder exhibit specific traits. 320 consecutive inpatient admissions who met criteria for OCD, depression, and panic disorder checked a list of adjectives to describe their parents. Patients with OCD were 1) less likely to perceive their mothers as disorganized than depressives, 2) more likely to perceive their mothers as overprotective than depressives and 3) less likely to perceive their fathers as demanding than patients with panic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 49-57 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Child Psychiatry & Human Development |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1993 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- family
- parents
- traits
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health