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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord. 2021 Nov 1;32:100693. doi: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2021.100693

Table 4.

Comparisons of OCD identification for different taboo-themed OCD vignettes

Test statistic Effect size a OR [95% CI] or d

Sexual vignette
Incorrectly identified (n=39) Correctly identified (n=35)
Theoretical orientation N (%) χ2 (1) = 1.91 1.92 [0.91, 4.06)
 Cognitive-behavioral (n=36) 16 (44%) 20 (56%)
 Other (n=38) 23 (61%) 15 (40%)
Education N (%) χ2 (1) = 12.51**
 Bachelor’s degree (n=16) 13 (81%) 3 (19%) 0.19 [0.048, 0.72]
 Master’s degree (n=37) 21 (57%) 16 (43%) 1.39 [0.55, 3.46]
 Doctoral degree (n=21) 5 (24%) 16 (76%) 5.73 [1.81, 18.09]
Recommended CBT χ2 (1)= 13.26*** 6.61 [2.64, 16.59]
 Yes (n=41) 14 (34%) 27 (66%)
 No (n=31) 24 (77%) 7 (23%)
Confidence with OCD assessment M (SD) 7.4 (1.9) 8.3 (1.5) t (62) = 2.14* .54
Years of experience M (SD) 12.2 (8.4) 16.1 (10.9) t (71) = 1.72 .40

Aggression/Harm vignette
Incorrectly identified (n=29) Correctly identified (n=40)
Theoretical orientation N (%) χ2 (1) = 0.18 1.23 [0.57, 2.65]
 Cognitive-behavioral (n=33) 13 (39%) 20 (61%)
 Other (n=36) 16 (44%) 20 (56%)
Education χ2 (1) = 6.60*
 Bachelor’s degree (n=15) 10 (67%) 5 (33%) 0.27 [0.081, 0.91]
 Master’s degree (n=33) 14 (42%) 19 (58%) 1.03 [0.40, 2.69]
 Doctoral degree (n=21) 5 (24%) 16 (76%) 3.20 [1.01, 10.13]
Recommended CBT χ2 (1) = 3.83+ 2.73 [1.20, 6.26]
 Yes (n=34) 11 (32%) 23 (68%)
 No (n=30) 17 (57%) 13 (43%)
Confidence with OCD assessment M (SD) 7.7 (1.8) 8.0 (1.7) t (60) = 0.40 d = .22
Years of experience M (SD) 11.7 (7.6) 16.3 (10.7) t (66) = 1.94 d = .48

Religion vignette
Incorrectly identified (n=26) Correctly identified (n=49)
Theoretical orientation N (%) χ2 (1) = 0.15 1.21 [0.57, 2.55]
 Cognitive-behavioral (n=34) 11 (32%) 23 (68%)
 Other (n=41) 15 (37%) 26 (63%)
Education χ2 (1) = 5.33
 Bachelor’s degree (n=15) 9 (60%) 6 (40%) 0.26 [0.081, 0.85]
 Master’s degree (n=38) 11 (29%) 27 (71%) 0.60 [0.23, 1.56]
 Doctoral degree (n=22) 6 (27%) 16 (73%) 1.62 [0.54, 4.81]
Recommended CBT χ2 (1) = 13.97*** 7.29 [3.12, 16.98]
 Yes (n=43) 7 (16%) 36 (84%)
 No (n=29) 17 (59%) 12 (42%)
Confidence with OCD assessment M (SD) 7.1 (2.0) 8.2 (1.5) t (61) = 2.31* .62
Years of experience M (SD) 13.2 (10.5) 15.3 (10.1) t (72) = 0.86 .21
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p = .05

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

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ORs in the education comparison were calculated by comparing the odds of correct identification in one educational group vs. the two others pools (e.g., doctoral proportion of correct identification vs. combined bachelor’s and master’s correct identification)