The Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS)
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About this scale
Scrupulosity is a severe psychological discomfort due to the belief that one is sinful. Scruples are defined as uneasy feelings caused by a clash between actions/thoughts and conscience. The very interesting paper by Abramowitz et al. (1995, p.825) defines scrupulosity as follows:
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Abramowitz, J.S., Hupper, J.D., Cohen, A.B., Tolin, D.F. & Cahill, S.P. (2002). Religious obsessions and compulsions in a non-clinical sample: the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40 , 825-838.
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