Obsession and Compulsion in children has raised the risks of the same issues to be found in them in their adulthood. Research done on connection of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in children with risk of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in adults showed that young children who are suffering from obsession and compulsions have a high chance of facing OCD problems at some future stage of their life. Scientists, in their research, concluded that number of Children suffering from OCD symptoms was having alarming chances of suffering from OCD in their adult life as well.
Data was taken from the Dunedin Study from New Zealand. The research had started in 1973 and data was collected from people of Dunedin. Dunedin has been the individual location across the globe where lengthy problems related to psychology have been seen. The psychological problems have been seen to be taking place from the young age of a man to the stage when he becomes an adult. Data collected from a thousand people was used in this study carried out.
A set of attributes taken from the people of age 11, 26 and 32 was taken for the sake of research and studies showed that a number of ideas related to obsession and compulsion were found in these people. These signs included unwanted thoughts such as giving problems to individuals and washing hands from time to time. These signs also included doing things that were actually without any specific reasons.
The calculations done on the basis of collected data showed that the scientists, for the first time achieved the desired results and got the proof that there exists a relation between the presence of obsession and compulsion in children and adults. When data was collected from members of research at age of 11, the people who were suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder were found to have been suffering from the same problems at the age of 26 till 32.
Details of the studies showed that the boys and girls who were a part of studies were found to be having a number of symptoms that showed signs of obsession and compulsion at the age of 11. These children were more likely than any other children to be having obsession and compulsion issues when they reached at the age of 26 or more. These children were thought to be having about six times more chances of suffering from Obsessive Compulsive disorder when they reached their adult age.