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- ↑ Penzel, Fred (2000). Obsessive-compulsive Disorders. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-514092-3.
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- ↑ Liguori, Saint Alfonso Maria de (1999). Selected Writings. New York: Paulist Press. ISBN 0-8091-3771-2.
- ↑ Liguori, Saint Alfonso Maria de (1929). The True Spouse of Jesus Christ (The Complete Works of Saint Alphonsus de Liguori). Redemptorist Fathers Press. p. 545.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J. (11 March 1999). "Are You Scrupulous?". Catholic New York. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ↑ Ciarrocchi, Joseph W. (1995). The Doubting Disease. New York: Paulist Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-8091-3553-1.