obsessive-compulsive personality

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obsessive-compulsive personality

[əb′ses·iv kəm′pəl·siv ‚pər·sə′nal·əd·ē]

(psychology)

A behavioral disorder in which a person is generally characterized by chronic, excessive concern with conformity or adherence to standards, resulting in inhibited, inflexible behavior, inability to relax, and the performance of an inordinate amount of work.

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This is contrary to Mudrack's findings (2004) who, when he explored the relation between obsessive-compulsive personality traits and workaholism found that high work involvement, along with high scores in obsessive-compulsive traits lead to working unnecessarily.

A predictive study of antecedent variables of workaholism

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suggest that workaholism is largely derived from three sources: dispositional traits (e.g., self-esteem, achievement-related values, Type A personality, obsessive-compulsive personality, and need for achievement), sociocultural experiences (e.g., stressful family life, vicarious learning, and peer competition), and behavioral reinforcements (e.g., rewards and punishments in organizations).

Personality traits and personal and organizational inducements: antecedents of workaholism

These include subjects such as workplace bullying and aggression, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, imbalanced identity boundaries, bad leadership, ethics, employee trust in management, workplace deviance, workaholism, team-based structures, and managerial styles.

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Comorbidities vary in compulsive hoarders

Interestingly, it was also found that 38.1% of the anorectics with OCD also met DSM-III-R criteria for Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, compared to only 8.7% of the OCD patients.

Disordered eating and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a sub-clinical student population

This paper focuses on Cluster C, which represents behaviors manifested in anxious or fearful patterns and includes: avoidant personality disorder (AvPD), dependent personality disorder (DPD), and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD).

Etiology and treatment of Cluster C personality disorders

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