Olatunji BO, Kim J. Examining reciprocal relations between disgust proneness and OCD symptoms: A four-wave longitudinal study.
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2024;
82:101907. [PMID:
37690887 DOI:
10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101907]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Although disgust proneness has been implicated in the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), available studies have largely employed cross-sectional designs and the prospective and potentially reciprocal association between disgust proneness and OCD symptoms remains unclear. The present study employs cross lagged panel analysis to examine the prospective and reciprocal association between disgust proneness and OCD symptoms.
METHOD
A community sample of adults (N = 307) completed symptom measures of disgust proneness and OCD symptoms at four time points with 1 month intervals.
RESULTS
The results showed that the cross-lagged paths from disgust proneness to OCD symptoms were significant (average β = 0.07, p's < 0.001) when controlling for depression. However, the paths from total OCD symptoms to disgust proneness were not significant. In contrast, the cross-lagged paths from disgust proneness to washing OCD symptoms were not significant. However, the paths from washing OCD symptoms to disgust proneness were significant (average β = 0.05, p's < 0.01) when controlling for depression.
LIMITATIONS
The study is limited is limited by exclusive reliance on self-report in a nonclinical sample.
CONCLUSIONS
The findings offer preliminary evidence suggesting that disgust proneness may be a cause and consequence of OCD depending on the nature of the symptoms. Thus, the longitudinal relation between disgust proneness and OCD may be transactional where one influences the effect of the other.
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