A New Scrupulosity Scale for the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS): Validation With Clinical and Nonclinical Samples

Rethinking Unacceptable Thoughts: Validation of an Expanded Version of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale

“…The unacceptable thoughts subscale of the DOCS has received some scrutiny by researchers in recent years due to the perceived heterogeneity within the subtype itself (Wetterneck et al, 2015(Wetterneck et al, , 2021. As an OCD symptom dimension, unacceptable thoughts is rather broad and contains at least three potentially meaningfully different types of thought content, including unwanted: 1) sexually intrusive thoughts; 2) violent and/or aggressive thoughts; and 3) scrupulous or religious thoughts (e.g., religious or moral).…”

“…Moreover, correlations differed between the two factors with regard to obsessive beliefs in the clinical sample. The second study involved the addition of a scrupulosity or religious thoughts factor to the DOCS that was examined in large nonclinical (n = 203) and clinical (n = 314) samples (Wetterneck et al, 2021). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis suggested a five-factor solution that included the new scrupulosity or religious thoughts subscale.…”