ABSTRACT

Objective : The purpose of the present study is to investigate the correlation between the obsessivecompulsive symptom and sensory processing of normal adult.Methods : From November to December in 2010, mentally healthy 326 university(college) students were invited to complete tests for obsessive-compulsive symptom and sensory processing feature. For the present study, Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory(MOCI) and Adolescents/Adults Sensory Profile(AASP) as a measure of Dunn’s were used.Results : Depend on the existence of the obsessive-compulsive symptom, statistically different sensory processing features were presented. The group of obsessive-compulsive symptom had higher score on low registration, sensory sensitivity and sensory avoiding than the normal group. The result indicated the positive correlation between obsessive-compulsive symptom and sensory processing features(r=.456∼.521, p<.05). In both groups with and without obsessive-compulsive symptom, as obsessive-compulsive symptom increased, the presented sensory processing features of low registration, sensory sensitivity and sensory avoiding were increased. The group of obsessive-compulsive symptom had the feature of low registration, sensory sensitivity and sensory avoiding.Conclusions : In the present study, Adult’s obsessive-compulsive symptom accompanied the sensory processing problem as sensory sensitivity. Thus, The measure and intervention program development for sensory processing problem are needed for obsessive-compulsive symptom.