Predicting obsessions and compulsions according to superego and ego characteristics: A comparison between scrupulosity and non-religious obsessive–compulsive symptoms

Highlights • Ego and superego functioning play an important role in obsessions, compulsions, and scrupulosity. • Ego resiliency, ego control, perfectionism, and anger are considered as part of ego and superego functions. • Do they have different impact on religious and non-religious obsessive–compul...

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2016-02, Vol.19, p.73-78
Main Authors: Besharat, Mohammad Ali, Kamali, Zeynab Sadat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anger
Compulsive Behavior - diagnosis
Compulsive Behavior - psychology
Ego
Ego functioning
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Iran
Male
Middle Aged
Obsessive Behavior - diagnosis
Obsessive Behavior - psychology
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - diagnosis
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology
Obsessive–compulsive symptoms
Perfectionism
Personality Inventory
Psychiatry
Religion and Psychology
Scrupulosity
Superego
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Ego and superego functioning play an important role in obsessions, compulsions, and scrupulosity. • Ego resiliency, ego control, perfectionism, and anger are considered as part of ego and superego functions. • Do they have different impact on religious and non-religious obsessive–compulsive symptoms?
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2016.01.003