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Psychopathological Implications of Behavioral Patterns in Obsessive–Compulsive Rituals: A Hierarchical Analysis
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Journal Article
Psychopathological Implications of Behavioral Patterns in Obsessive–Compulsive Rituals: A Hierarchical Analysis
2025
Overview
Background/Objectives: Compulsive rituals in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are characterized by a specific motor structure, built upon the fragmentation of action flow, obtained through act repetitions and the intrusion of non-functional acts. No study to date has adopted a hierarchical analysis to subtype OCD according to specific behavioral patterns, nor has a possible association between motor profiles and psychopathology been investigated. Methods: This study involved 31 OCD patients (11 female, 35%) and 31 healthy controls (11 female, 35%). The participants were asked to provide videotapes of their behaviors (OCD compulsions for patients and corresponding normal behaviors for healthy controls). BORIS software version 2.84.1 was adopted to analyze the recorded videos. Psychopathology was assessed through the Yale–Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire, and the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale. Results: Hierarchical analysis revealed three behavioral clusters based on motor profile: Cluster 1 included OCD compulsions structurally characterized by act repetitions (“iterative” rituals); Cluster 2 was represented by OCD compulsions mainly built upon non-functional acts (“idiosyncratic” rituals); and Cluster 3 comprised routinized and normative behaviors, without behavioral ritualization (no act repetitions and few non-functional acts). No significant differences were found in age, age at onset, and OCD severity between “iterative” and “idiosyncratic” rituals. However, patients with “iterative” rituals showed both more severe pre-psychotic symptoms and childhood trauma experiences than patients with “idiosyncratic” rituals. Conclusions: These findings may have significant clinical implications as they hint at a relationship between specific behavioral patterns of OCD compulsions and different underlying psychopathologies and/or vulnerabilities.
