The role of alexithymia and irrational beliefs in predicting obsessive-compulsive disorder in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder

The present study aimed to predict obsessive-compulsive disorder based on alexithymia and irrational beliefs in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The present study is a descriptive correlation. The statistical population included all patients referred to Imam Hossein Hospital in Karaj in the quarter (October, November, and December) of 2020, which was selected by the available sampling method of 270 people. Research tools included the Madzley Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Questionnaire MOCI (1980), the Toronto Emotional Dysfunction Scale TAS (1994), and the Jones Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire. IBT (1969) After collection, data were analyzed by, correlation and regression analysis and SPSS software version 20. The results showed that the components of nausea were associated with obsessive-compulsive syndrome and this relationship was significant at 13/0 at the level of (0.005). There is also a significant relationship between the components of irrational beliefs and obsession 14/0, which was also significant here (0.005). The results of the study showed that emotional distress and irrational beliefs can both predict obsessive-compulsive disorder.