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“Under-Inclusion”—A Characteristic of Obsessional Personality Disorder: II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. F. Reed
G. F. Reed*
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Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen
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The hypothesis has been proposed (Reed, 1968) that the formal characteristics of anankastic cognition are directly related to functional impairment in the spontaneous organization and integration of experience. It is postulated that this impairment is expressed in the over-structuring of input and in the maladaptive over-defining of categories and boundaries. In a previous communication, Reed (1969) has reported results from a verbal conceptual test which support one prediction derived from the hypothesis—namely, that given a classificatory or conceptual task the anankast will be over-specific in his interpretation of the given class and therefore too strict in his acceptance of appropriate class members.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 524 , July 1969 , pp. 787 - 790
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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