Sentence examples for obsessions associated from inspiring English sources

The second factor, which reflected an obsessive dimension, represented 13% of the variance and was composed of aggressive, sexual and somatic obsessions, associated with counting compulsions; all loadings ranged from 0.54 to 0.86.

The third factor, named contamination/cleaning dimension, accounted for 11% of the variance and was composed of contamination and religious obsessions, associated with cleaning compulsions, with loadings ranging from 0.63 to 0.84.

In contrast to autism-related stereotyped behaviours, compulsions are usually (a) preceded by an obsession, (b) associated with relief in anxiety and (c) egodystonic (ie, unwanted and inconsistent with the individual's fundamental values) and the behaviour itself is not experienced as being intrinsically pleasurable.

The diversity of demographic and clinical characteristics [ 1, 2], nature of OCD symptoms (predominance of obsessions or compulsions), associated comorbid disorders [ 3], and response to treatment interventions [ 4], suggests that important subtypes of OCD may exist.

Thus, the integration of the checking category in a specific dimension could depend on clinical characteristics that are not directly related to the theme of the associated obsessions and/or compulsions.

Moreover, reactive obsessions, relative to autogenous obsessions, were more strongly associated with both severity of worry and use of worrying as a thought control strategy.

Our data suggest that autogenous obsessions are more closely associated with negative self-inferences than reactive obsessions are.

We examined which type of obsessions is more strongly associated with negative self-inferences using the Intrusion Related Self Inference Scale (IRSIS; Ferrier & Brewin (2005).

By contrast, OCD is an internalizing disorder characterized predominantly by obsessions and compulsions, and is associated with harm/risk avoidance and restrained behavior.

Because "I Love Dick" was a story of erotic obsession, it was sometimes misleadingly associated with the so-called "transgressive sex" writing of the nineties, like that of Kathy Acker or Mary Gaitskill.

Circumcision was done by the Egyptians possibly for hygienic reasons, but also was part of their obsession with purity and was associated with spiritual and intellectual development.