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Article: Obsessive-compulsive complaints and academic performance in college students.
- Article from:
- College Student Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Obsessive-compulsive features contribute to academic failure in children and adolescents. Yet, only limited research of such features and academic performance has been conducted with college students. This study examined how obsessive-compulsive complaints, as measured by the Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory. ([MOCI] Hodgson & Rachman, 1977), related to academic performance in a college student sample (N = 56). Analyses involved correlation, regression, and group comparisons. Students who indicated a higher level of obsessive-compulsive complaints earned a significantly lower course grade, despite having enrolled in fewer credit hours. Obsessive-compulsive ...