What Causes OCPD?
Although no specific cause for OCPD has been identified, it has been suggested that an authoritarian parenting style could be a contributing factor. An authoritarian style of parenting, where high demands are consistently placed on a child, may result in the child having unrealistic expectations of herself. Children with OCPD have a rigid desire for perfection. The smallest of tasks must be completed to their level of satisfaction, no matter how long it takes. The insistence on perfection can have devastating consequences. A simple homework assignment can be painstakingly drafted, proofread repeatedly and rewritten until it is considered to be the best ever written. A child with OCPD may spend several hours on a short homework task when the same task is easily completed by others in a fraction of the time. Situations such as these can lead to less-than-pleasing grades because the student failed to submit their work in a timely manner. It is not unusual for the first warning signs of OC
