Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Larry E.Sullivan

doi:10.4135/9781412972024

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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Larry E. Sullivan
In:The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412972024.n1749
Subject:General Sociology

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A personality disorder, specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), that is characterized by maladaptive levels of scrupulosity, rigidity, perfectionism, preoccupation with work, inabi lity to delegate tasks, attention to detail, miserliness, and hoarding of unimportant objects. It is differentiated from obsessive-compulsive disorder in that anxiety is not the primary drive behind the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

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