“Don't Play GoD!”: Is InactIon Preference lInkeD to obsessIve comPulsIve characterIstIcs?

Objective: two kinds of guilt feelings have been postulated: altruistic and deontological. the latter seems to play a role in the genesis and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive Disorder (ocD) and to be linked to inaction choice in moral dilemmas. This paper aims to investigate whether inaction choices in moral dilemmas are specifically linked to obsessive-compulsive (OC) characteristics and to deontological guilt. Methods: In the first study, participants completed questionnaires for depression, anxiety and oc and answered to moral and non-moral dilemmas. In the second study, after deontological or altruistic guilt or of shame induction and in control condition (no emotive induction), they answered to moral and non-moral dilemmas and to Padua Inventory