Identification of belief-based subtypes in obsessive-compulsive disorder using latent profile analysis

We evaluated dysfunctional belief heterogeneity in a large sample (N = 547) of adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) because of the central role of dysfunctional beliefs in cognitive theories of OCD and the prior identification of large OCD patient subgroups who failed to endorse these beliefs. We used a methodological approach not previously applied, latent profile analysis (LPA) because of its utility for objectively testing...