The obsessive–compulsive (OC) spectrum has been discussed in the literature for two
decades. Proponents of this concept propose that certain disorders characterized by …

Significant advances have been made in characterizing the phenomenology and
psychobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in recent years. In many ways, such …

Background: Recent factor-analytic studies in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
identified consistent symptom dimensions. Support for the validity of these dimensions …

Although clinical observations suggest that health-related anxiety is present, to some extent,
in a number of anxiety disorders, this relationship has not been examined empirically. The …

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to the fear of anxiety-related sensations, which is thought to
arise from beliefs about their harmful consequences. AS is a multidimensional construct that …

The present study utilizes multiple methods to examine the relationship between disgust and
contamination-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in an analogue …

Between 25% and 50% of visits to primary care clinics are for somatic complaints with no
identifiable organic pathology. While most people are reassured when told they are not ill, a …

The Body Vigilance Scale (BVS) is a measure developed to assess one's conscious
attendance to internal cues. The present report investigated the structure, correlates, and …

Among the most prevalent and personally devastating psychological disorders the
development of a cognitive approach to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has …

There has been limited progress evaluating the validity of dimensional approaches to
emotional disorder classification. This has occurred in part because of a lack of standardized …