caa a22 4500 606231560 CHVBK 20210128101220.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0421-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0421-0 Domains of Distress Among People with Sexual Orientation Obsessions [Elektronische Daten] [Monnica Williams, Chad Wetterneck, Ghazel Tellawi, Gerardo Duque] Although sexual obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are not uncommon, obsessions about sexual orientation have not been well studied. These obsessions focus on issues such as the fear of being or becoming gay, fear of being perceived by others as gay, and unwanted mental images involving homosexual acts. Sexual orientation obsessions in OCD are particularly distressing due to the ego-dystonic nature of the obsessions and, often, stigma surrounding a same-sex orientation. The purpose of this study was to better understand distress in people suffering from sexual orientation obsessions in OCD. Data were collected online (n=1,176) and subjects were 74.6% male, 72.0% heterosexual, and 26.4% with an OCD diagnosis from a professional. The survey consisted of 70 novel questions that were assessed using a principal components analysis and the items separated into six components. These components were then correlated to distress among those with a prior OCD diagnosis and sexual orientation obsessions. Results indicated that sexual orientation obsessions in OCD were related to severe distress, including suicidal ideation. Implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Sexual obsessions nationallicence Obsessive-compulsive disorder nationallicence Homophobia nationallicence Suicide nationallicence Sexual orientation nationallicence Anxiety nationallicence Williams Monnica Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third St., 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut Wetterneck Chad Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third St., 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut Tellawi Ghazel Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third St., 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut Duque Gerardo Department of Human Sciences and Humanities, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 77058, Houston, TX, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/3(2015-04-01), 783-789 0004-0002 44:3<783 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0421-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0421-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams Monnica Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third St., 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wetterneck Chad Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third St., 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tellawi Ghazel Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third St., 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duque Gerardo Department of Human Sciences and Humanities, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 77058, Houston, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/3(2015-04-01), 783-789 0004-0002 44:3<783 2015 44 10508