Differences in metacognitive functioning between obsessive-compulsive disorder patients and highly compulsive individuals from the general population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our confidence, a form of metacognition, guides our behavior. Confidence abnormalities have been found in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A first notion based on clinical case-control studies suggests lower confidence in OCD patients compared to healthy controls. Contrarily, studies in highly compulsive individuals from general population samples showed that obsessive-compulsive symptoms related positively or not at all to confidence. A second notion suggests that an impairment in confidence estimation and usage is related to compulsive behavior, which is more often supported by studies in general population samples. These opposite findings call into question whether findings from highly compulsive individuals from the general population are generalizable to OCD pat

SUBMITTER: Hoven M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755250 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature