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The Five-Factor Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (FFOCI) is a promising measure to assess the traits of overcontrol that have long been included within the diagnostic category of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD). A key concern with such a model is determining where along an otherwise adaptive trait does overcontrol become problematic. The present study uses a 500-person sample, matched to adults in the 2020 U.S. Census, to determine normative values and provisional cut points for each scale. We then calculated bins of the FFOCI T scores (e.g., 60\u201364) and examined how well they connected with various functional outcomes (e.g., relational support, well-being, stress, and occupational performance, OCPD symptoms) using regression and mean comparisons. Together, these approaches identified levels where problematic outcomes were more likely. 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