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ReviewNeuropsychology review2019

Defining Compulsive Behavior.

Judy Luigjes, Valentina Lorenzetti, Sanneke de Haan, George J Youssef, Carsten Murawski, Zsuzsika Sjoerds, Wim van den Brink, Damiaan Denys, Leonardo F Fontenelle, Murat Yücel

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Review in Neuropsychology review, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Judy LuigjesDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, PA3.227, PO Box 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. judyluigjes@gmail.com.
Valentina LorenzettiPsychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Sanneke de HaanCulture Studies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
George J YoussefSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Carsten MurawskiDepartment of Finance, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Zsuzsika SjoerdsInstitute of Psychology, Cognitive Psychology Unit & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Wim van den BrinkDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, PA3.227, PO Box 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Damiaan DenysDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, PA3.227, PO Box 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Leonardo F FontenelleObsessive, Compulsive, and Anxiety Spectrum Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Murat YücelObsessive, Compulsive, and Anxiety Spectrum Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Compulsive tendencies are a central feature of problematic human behavior and thereby are of great interest to the scientific and clinical community. However, no consensus exists about the precise meaning of 'compulsivity,' creating confusion in the field and hampering comparison across psychiatric disorders. A vague conceptualization makes compulsivity a moving target encompassing a fluctuating variety of behaviors, which is unlikely to improve the new dimension-based psychiatric or psychopathology approach. This article aims to help progress the definition of what constitutes compulsive behavior, cross-diagnostically, by analyzing different definitions in the psychiatric literature. We searched PubMed for articles in human psychiatric research with 'compulsive behavior' or 'compulsivity' in the title that focused on the broader concept of compulsivity-returning 28 articles with nine original definitions. Within the definitions, we separated three types of descriptive elements: phenomenological, observational and explanatory. The elements most applicable, cross-diagnostically, resulted in this definition: Compulsive behavior consists of repetitive acts that are characterized by the feeling that one 'has to' perform them while one is aware that these acts are not in line with one's overall goal. Having a more unified definition for compulsive behavior will make its meaning precise and explicit, and therefore more transferable and testable across clinical and non-clinical populations.

Indexed as

Compulsive BehaviorBrainCognitionHumansCompulsivityDefinitionObservational perspectivePhenomenology

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PMID31016439
PMCPMC6499743

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