2. Rationale
the need of a
The scale was developed out of
more culturally valid scale of
OCPD.
There is a lack of OCPD scales as compared
to scales of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
3. Framework
The conceptual framework of the tool was created via the
assessment of the characteristics of a person with an obsessive-
compulsive disorder.
composed of four subscales
preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order,
organization or schedule
Perfectionism
extreme dedication to work and efficiency
and need for control and emotional withdrawal.
4. the Color Pyramid Test (CPT)
The CPT will be used injunction with
the developed OCPD scale to affirm the character of those
with OCPD using colors or patterns.
The administration of the two tests allows the researchers
to capture the personality of the
respondents using a projective and pencil-and-paper test.
5. Feasibility
This OCPD Scale and Color Pyramid Test are very
Anyone of any age
practical to use today.
could take the test. The syntax and use
of words in the test are very simple, even
undergraduates and children could take this.
6. The Color Pyramid Test (CPT) is “easy to administer,
and is applicable over a wide range of ages, educational
These tests are
and cultural background.”
very convenient to use and
could be easily reproduced.
7. How the Tests are administered
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) Scale
The questionnaire is composed of thirty-six subjective
questions and it uses a four level Likert Scale: Strongly
Agree, Agree, Disagree and Strongly
Disagree. The Neutral or Neither Agree/ Disagree of the
said scale was eliminated to easily filter nonpolar answers.
The examinee will encircle the numbers 4, 3, 2, or 1, his/her
answer corresponds to the question. After which, the
researchers will tally the scores. Anyone who has a
score above 60% (87 raw score) would
automatically be qualified for OCPD.
8.
9.
10. Color Pyramid Test (CP-T)
On a white paper, pyramids with fifteen fields
are illustrated. There are 15 colored chips of
the 10 colors—black,
gray, white,
brown, red, yellow, blue, violet,
green, and orange.
11. The examiner will let the examinee place those chips
on the fields in any way they prefer. Colors may be
repeated. They
will make three
pyramids—good-looking, better
looking and best looking. The examiners
will jot down the colors for each pyramid and
interpret it afterwards.
13. Observations
There were no major striking responses when the tests
were conducted.
The examinees smiled, laughed, and giggled
when they read the OCPD scale saying that they were this and
that.
Some people were shocked when the researchers told them
about their scores which would yield OC tendencies thus
they may have
acknowledging that
restricted or restrained
mannerisms in some aspects of
their personality.
14. Comparing the two tests, the examiners took more
time in the CPT because some changed colors from
time to time and some would imagine what would be
the output first. It took them about 15 minutes
maximum when they answered the two tests—Color
Pyramid Test and the OCPD Scale.
15. Validity
To further validate the OCPD scale, they used a Color
Pyramid Test (CPT). Based from the interpretation of
the colors of the Color Pyramid Test (CPT), the colors
blue, orange, green and brown
are the colors likely associated with OCPD.
The researchers assume that there should be a
favorable amount of responses using those colors as
well as garnering a moderate amount of
correlation among those colors and scores in
the OCPD scale.
16. Results
Based from the table, those who possess an
obsessive-compulsive character scored highly in the
primary colors: red, blue, green
17. Frequency of colors of the respondents who scored high in the OCPD
scale
N Minimu Maximu Sum Mean Std.
m m Deviation
Yellow 22 0 15 111 5.05 4.413
Orange 22 0 11 82 3.73 3.165
Red 22 0 20 174 7.91 6.604
Blue 22 0 23 152 6.91 5.681
Green 22 0 13 155 7.05 3.897
White 22 0 14 50 2.27 3.654
Gray 22 0 5 17 .77 1.445
Black 22 0 20 118 5.36 6.107
Brown 22 0 9 25 1.14 2.210
Purple 22 0 15 106 4.82 4.521
Valid N 22
(listwise)
18. High frequencies of colorsgreen and blue
would tell that a person is very logical and reasonable.
They are considered to be rigid and also by the book types
of person. They have logical ways, paths, and flows on
fixing and scheduling things. They would want an
overwhelming need for order, would most likely unwilling
to yield their responsibilities to others and would have a
strong sense of righteousness about the ways things
“should be done”.
19. Surprisingly, the correlation among the colors used in
the pyramid test and scores in the OCPD scale only
garnered weak to moderate correlations. The highest
black, blue,
among these are
and brown.
20. Colors with the most highest correlation
Black Blue Brown Score
Pearson Correlation 1 -.415* .389* .219
Black
Sig. (2-tailed) .023 .034 .244
N 30 30 30 30
Pearson Correlation -.415* 1 -.093 .177
Blue
Sig. (2-tailed) .023 .626 .348
N 30 30 30 30
Pearson Correlation .389* -.093 1 .297
Brown
Sig. (2-tailed) .034 .626 .112
N 30 30 30 30
Pearson Correlation .219 .177 .297 1
Score
Sig. (2-tailed) .244 .348 .112
N 30 30 30 30
21. The higher the color black would indicate that there is
an increase in escaping affective or stimulating
affirm the subscale
situations which
of emotional withdrawal in
the OCPD scale.
22. The color brown has positive moderate
correlation with the scores in the OCPD scale,
although it acquired the highest value of
correlation among all colors. The increase of
brown indicates that there is high energy,
higher resistance and high levels of
productivity.
23. It is significant, because it validates the subscale of
extreme dedication of work and
efficiency due to the interpretation of
brown as an indicator of productivity. In
another study, they found a significant increase in the
use of brown color for those identified with
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality disorder.
24. However, since blue is one of the frequent colors
appearing for those who scored high in the OCPD and
blue has one of the highest correlations among all
colors, although only third behind black and brown,
the researchers has come up with the conclusion that
people who scored high in the OCPD scale would
choose blue and higher scores in the OCPD scale were
associated with the increased percentage of the color
blue.
25. This indicates that people with high score in the OCPD
scale suffer from suppression of feelings and emotions,
an over controlling attitude,
resulting in
which seems to be associated with
feelings of inferiority,
dissatisfaction and ambivalence.
26. Reliability
Reliability coefficients are reported ranging from .047
to 0.81 with a mean of 0.61 for the color pyramid test.
The reliability coefficient of the color pyramid test
seemed no better or worse than other personality
assessment.
27.
28. Significance of the Study / Applications
The researchers decided to pursue this test because it
will be of great contribution in our society today.
OCPD scales are very limited and restricted that’s why
the researchers developed a precise scale.
The researchers would also like to combine a paper-
pen test & a projective test to make a more valid and
stable study.
This research will provide norm references
and could be applied to everyone and anyone. If
further improved, this test would confirm who has
OCPD tendencies in our society today.
29. Since the researchers were able to establish a
correlation among the colors, brown and
blue, and respondents who scored highly on
the OCPD scale and blue as one of the
frequently appearing color, the
incremental validity of the color
pyramid test has increased and as an effect,
the color pyramid test could now be used to
predict or determine OCPD via its correlated
colors, blue and brown.
30. Incremental validity is the gain in
validity resulting from adding new predictors to an
The CPT
existing selection system.
maybe preferred in
determining OCPD because
of its feasibility.
31. Contaminants
Factors that may influence the color preference
color
during the test may include:
availability, time limit/s or
restriction, mood, or for the
sake of doing so.
