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In search of specificity: Not just right experiences and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in non-clinical and clinical Italian individuals.
The cognitive model of OCD proposes that certain beliefs may contribute to the development and maintenance
of this disorder. To date, however, it is not yet clear which beliefs are more relevant for explaining
OCD symptomatology; moreover, their causal status is yet to be clearly established. In the effort to identify
other constructs and processes related to OCD, the phenomenon labeled \u201cnot just right experiences\u201d
(NJREs) has received increasing attention. In this study, measures of NJREs (the NJRE-Q-R), OCD symptoms,
general distress (i.e., anxiety, and depression), and perfectionism were administered to a large
sample of college students and a small sample of OCD and non-OCD patients. The clinical sample also
completed a measure of OC beliefs. Results showed that NJREs could be reliably measured through a selfreport
format in non-clinical and clinical Italian individuals. A specific association between NJREs severity
and OCD symptoms was found in the non-clinical sample, after controlling for anxiety, depression, and
perfectionism. The NJRE-Q-R Severity scale clearly discriminated OCD patients from patients with other
anxiety disorders or depression. Lastly, the NJREs measure differentiated the clinical groups when OC
beliefs were controlled, whereas OC beliefs did not discriminate among the groups after NJREs severity
was controlled. The concept of NJREs may contribute to improve current psychological and biological
model of OCD