Psychology Faculty Presentations
The Six Stages of OCD: A Qualitative Analysis
Document Type
Poster Session
Event Date
5-27-2016
Conference/Event
28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science
Location
Chicago, IL
Abstract
The empirical qualitative research study involved conducting semi-structured interviews with 18 participants who self-identified as possessing OCD. Results describe how participants undergo six-stage cycles of internal torment and we report their affective and cognitive phenomena. Such description data is useful to psychologists providing clinical treatments
Keywords
OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, qualitative research, cognitive psychology
Recommended Citation
Firmin, Michael W.; Barnhill, Kari E.; Foster, Hannah W.; and Turkelson, Lynley G., "The Six Stages of OCD: A Qualitative Analysis" (2016). Psychology Faculty Presentations. 320.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/psychology_presentations/320
