Abstract
The present study investigated the possible association between the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Obsession Compulsion (OC). A non-clinical sample of 427 volunteer Kuwaiti male and female college students was recruited. Their ages ranged from 17 to 40 years. They completed the Arabic Scale of CFS (ASCFS) and the Arabic Scale of Obsession Compulsion (ASOC). Both have good reliability and validity. Females had significantly higher mean score on the ASCFS than did their male counterparts. All the intercorrelations between the 20 items as well as the total score of the ASCFS were statistically significant (p < 0.01) with the total ASOC score in males and females. It was concluded that there is an obsessive compulsive element in CFS, and both disorders share specific common elements.