References

Updated: 28 October 2026

For research summaries and full-text downloads, use the ROCD publication library. The bibliography below lists the associated journal articles and book chapters. The historical conference presentations are preserved separately.

Journal articles and book chapters

  1. Tinella, L., Ricciardi, E., Cosentino, T., Caffò, A. O., Doron, G., Bosco, A., & Mancini, F. (2024). Deontological guilt mediates the effects of personality on the symptoms of romantic relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD). Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 21(3), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20240306
  2. Melli, G., Caccico, L., Micheli, E., Bulli, F., & Doron, G. (2024). Pathological narcissism and relationship obsessive‐compulsive disorder (ROCD) symptoms: Exploring the role of vulnerable narcissism. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 80(1), 144-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23601
  3. Derby, D. S., Tibi, L., & Doron, G. (2024; first published online 2021). Sexual dysfunction in relationship obsessive compulsive disorder. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 39(3), 711-724. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2021.2009793
  4. Mancin, P., Malerba, A., Doron, G., Ghisi, M., & Cerea, S. (2024). “Can I Have More Than This?” The Role of Romantic Relationship Quality, Maximization Style, and Social Media Addiction in Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Symptoms. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 27(2), 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0348
  5. Littman, R., Leibovits, G., Halfon, C. N., Schonbach, M., & Doron, G. (2023). Interpersonal transmission of ROCD symptoms and susceptibility to infidelity in romantic relationships. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 37, 100802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100802
  6. Azani Sadka, D., Doron, G., & Mikulincer, M. (2023). Parents’ attachment anxiety and preoccupation with their child’s social functioning: The moderating role of social rejection and acceptance. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(12), 3932-3954. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231196277
  7. Gorelik, M., Szepsenwol, O., & Doron, G. (2023). Promoting couples’ resilience to relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD) symptoms using a CBT-based mobile application: A randomized controlled trial. Heliyon, 9(11), e21673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21673
  8. Ratzoni, N., Doron, G., & Frenkel, T. I. (2021). Initial Evidence for Symptoms of Postpartum Parent-Infant Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (PI-ROCD) and Associated Risk for Perturbed Maternal Behavior and Infant Social Disengagement From Mother. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 589949. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.589949
  9. Cerea, S., Ghisi, M., Bottesi, G., Carraro, E., Broggio, D., & Doron, G. (2020). Reaching reliable change using short, daily, cognitive training exercises delivered on a mobile application: The case of Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (ROCD) symptoms and cognitions in a subclinical cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 276, 775-787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.043
  10. Brandes, O., Stern, A., & Doron, G. (2020). “I just can't trust my partner”: Evaluating associations between untrustworthiness obsessions, relationship obsessions and couples violence. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 24, 100500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2019.100500
  11. Levy, A., Tibi, L., Szepsenwol, O., & Doron, G. (2020). “Why do I obsess about my child's flaws?”: Assessing the role of parental self‐vulnerabilities in parent–child relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD) symptoms. Clinical Psychologist, 24(3), 285-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/cp.12217
  12. Roncero, M., Belloch, A., & Doron, G. (2019). Can Brief, Daily Training Using a Mobile App Help Change Maladaptive Beliefs? Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(2), e11443. https://doi.org/10.2196/11443
  13. Roncero, M., Belloch, A., & Doron, G. (2018). A novel approach to challenging OCD related beliefs using a mobile-app: An exploratory study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 59, 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.01.008
  14. Melli, G., Bulli, F., Doron, G., & Carraresi, C. (2018). Maladaptive beliefs in relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD): Replication and extension in a clinical sample. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 18, 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2018.06.005
  15. Doron, G., & Derby, D. (2017). Assessment and treatment of relationship-related OCD symptoms (ROCD): A modular approach. In J. S. Abramowitz, D. McKay, & E. A. Storch (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, 547-564. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118890233.ch30
  16. Doron, G., Derby, D., & Szepsenwol, O. (2017). “I can’t stop thinking about my child's flaws”: An investigation of parental preoccupation with their children's perceived flaws. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 14, 106-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.06.007
  17. Szepsenwol, O., Shahar, B., & Doron, G. (2016). Letting it linger: Exploring the longitudinal effects of relationship-related obsessive-compulsive phenomena. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 11, 101-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2016.10.001
  18. Doron, G., Derby, D., Szepsenwol, O., Nahaloni, E., & Moulding, R. (2016). Relationship Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: Interference, Symptoms, and Maladaptive Beliefs. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 7, 58. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00058
  19. Doron, G., Mikulincer, M., Kyrios, M., & Sar-El, D. (2015). Integrating psychodynamic and cognitive approaches to obsessive compulsive disorder: Attachment insecurities and self-related sensitivities in morality and relational domains. In P. Luyten, L. C. Mayes, P. Fonagy, M. Target, & S. J. Blatt (Eds.), Handbook of Contemporary Psychodynamic Approaches to Psychopathology, 199-215. Guilford Press. Chapter 10.
  20. Doron, G., & Szepsenwol, O. (2015). Partner-focused obsessions and self-esteem: An experimental investigation. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 49, 173-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.05.007
  21. Doron, G., Derby, D. S., & Szepsenwol, O. (2014). Relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD): A conceptual framework. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 3(2), 169-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.12.005
  22. Doron, G., Mizrahi, M., Szepsenwol, O., & Derby, D. (2014). Right or Flawed: Relationship Obsessions and Sexual Satisfaction. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 11(9), 2218-2224. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsm.12616
  23. Doron, G., Szepsenwol, O., Karp, E., & Gal, N. (2013). Obsessing about intimate-relationships: Testing the double relationship-vulnerability hypothesis. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 44(4), 433-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.05.003
  24. Doron, G., Derby, D. S., Szepsenwol, O., & Talmor, D. (2012). Flaws and all: Exploring partner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 1(4), 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2012.05.004
  25. Doron, G., Talmor, D., Szepsenwol, O., & Derby, D. S. (2012). Relationship-centered obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale, 18, 79-90.
  26. Doron, G., Szepsenwol, O., Derby, D. S., & Nahaloni, E. (2012). Relationship-related obsessive-compulsive phenomena: The case of relationship-centred and partner-focused obsessive compulsive symptoms. Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale, 18(Monograph Supplement), 71-82.
  27. Doron, G., Derby, D. S., Szepsenwol, O., & Talmor, D. (2012). Tainted love: Exploring relationship-centered obsessive compulsive symptoms in two non-clinical cohorts. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 1(1), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2011.11.002

Historical conference presentations

Doron, G., Szepsenwol, O. Derby, S. D., & Talmor, D (2012). Relationship-related obsessive compulsive phenomena (ROCD): Partner-Focused obsessive phenomena. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EACBT), Geneva , Switzerland.

Doron, G., Szepsenwol, O. Derby, S. D., & Talmor, D (2012). Relationship-related obsessive compulsive phenomena (ROCD): Is it worth a systematic investigation? European Association for. Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EACBT), 2nd SIG meeting on OCD, Assisi, Italy.

Doron, G., Szepsenwol, O. Derby, S. D., & Talmor, D (2012). Relationship-related obsessive compulsive phenomena (ROCD): What we know and what we don’t know. Research Consortium on Intrusive Fear (RCIF), Montreal, Canada.

Doron, G., & Szepsenwol, O. (2013). Relationship-related obsessive-compulsive phenomena: A one-year follow-up study. European Association for. Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EACBT), 3rd SIG meeting on OCD, Assisi, Italy.

Doron, G., Derby. D., Szepsenwol., O., & Nahaloni. E. (2013). Dysfunctional beliefs and relationship-centered obsessive-compulsive symptoms in non-clinical and clinical samples. Paper presented at the 7th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies, Lima, Peru.

Doron, G., Szepsenwol. O., Karp. E., & Gal. N. (2013). Relationship-centered obsessive compulsive symptoms: Evidence for the double-vulnerability hypothesis. Paper presented at the 7th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies, Lima, Peru.