Are Nonclinical Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Associated with Bias Toward Habits?

Authors

Ivar Snorrason, University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeFollow
Han Joo Lee, University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeFollow
Sanne de Wit, University of Amsterdam
Douglas W. Woods, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

3 p.

Publication Date

7-30-2016

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Psychiatry Research

Source ISSN

0165-1781

Abstract

In a sample of student volunteers (N=93), we found that obsessive-compulsive symptoms (although not hoarding) were associated with overreliance on stimulus-response habits at the expense of goal-directed control during instrumental responding. Only checking symptoms were associated with bias toward habits after negative affect was controlled for. Further research is warranted to examine if overreliance on habits represents an aberrant learning process that confers risk for obsessive-compulsive psychopathology.

Comments

Accepted version. Psychiatry Research, Vol. 241 (July 30, 2016): 221-223. DOI. © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Snorrason, Ivar; Lee, Han Joo; de Wit, Sanne; and Woods, Douglas W., "Are Nonclinical Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Associated with Bias Toward Habits?" (2016). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 243.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/243