The present study presents information regarding the development and validation of a new personality instrument which is intended to measure the degree of obsessive-compulsive traits. Data indicate that the instrument shows both promising reliability and concurrent validity. Developed primarily for research purposes, the scale may have therapeutic assessment applicability in a clinical setting.
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