P.4.b.001 - Self-transcendence in obsessive compulsive disorder: an exploratory study of psychopathological, sociodemographic and clinical aspects

Abstract

Abstract The obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic disease that can cause serious functional and family impairment. According to Cloninger 's personality model some temperament and character factors have been associated with specific psychopathology and disease severity of OCD. However, some trait characters like self-transcendence (ST) still wasn’t properly explored in this context. Descriptions of religious content of OCD symptoms are found in sacred books from the 2nd century and are called scrupulosity. There are few studies evaluating the role of spirituality in the OCD concept, which differs from religion, since spirituality could be defined as the focus on spiritual things and the spirit world rather than on earthly and physical things, while religion is a set of beliefs and rituals that claim to put his followers in a right relationship with God. This article aims to assess whether the construct of SF in Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) may be related to the concept of spirituality and if it could have a protective property in OCD psychopathology. This is an exploratory case-control study involving 49 patients with OCD divided into two groups: high and low ST. Variables with a P