Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit that specific kinds of dysfunctional beliefs (e.g., pertaining to responsibility and the significance of intrusive thoughts) underlie the development of this disorder. The present study was designed to prospectively evaluate whether dysfunctional beliefs thought to underlie OCD act as a specific vulnerability factor in the pathogenes...

BACKGROUND The Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44) is originally developed by the Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group and has been translated into several languages. This paper is aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44) in both clinical and non-clinical samples. METHODS Five hundred and sixty-...

Thought control strategies are implicated in the development and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Regarding one strategy - worry - extant data provide equivocal conclusions as to its relevance to OCD. The current study examined whether worry is an OCD-relevant thought control strategy using data from a large (N=376) nonclinical sample. This investigation tested whether worry ...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the moderation effect of the thought control strategies on relationship between obsessive compulsive symptoms and metacognitive beliefs. 180 female and 95 male participants whose ages difference between 18 and 52, responded demographic information questionnaire, Thought Control Questionnaire, Meta-Cognition Questionnaire30, Padua Inventory-Washing...

This study aims to investigate the relationship between childhood traumas, dark triad personality traits, and obsessive beliefs. Personal Information Form, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Short Dark Triad Scale, Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire were used collect data in study. A total of 480 volunteers, which 306 female 174 male, participated Pearson Correlation Analysis, independent samples t-t...

Introduction: The prevalence of psychological disorders has a major impact not only on mental and physical health but also the process treatment, recovery duration hospitalization referrals. aim this study was to compare obsessive beliefs, depression anxiety in patients with suspected Covid-19 healthy individuals Ahvaz. Methods: This descriptive-analytical conducted using purposive sampling met...

The current paper presents literature relevant to the relationship of religiosity, spirituality, and personal beliefs with mental health and, in particular, anxiety disorders as an empirical narrative review, providing an overview on the most important and clinically relevant research results on the topic. The relationship between religiosity/spirituality, personal beliefs (ie, magical ideation...

There is evidence that religion and other cultural influences are associated with the presentation of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, as well as beliefs and assumptions presumed to underlie the development and maintenance of these symptoms. We sought to further examine the relationship between Protestant religiosity and (1) various symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (e.g., checking,...