BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Anxiety sensitivity (AS), the tendency to fear arousal-related body sensations based on beliefs that they are dangerous, is a cognitive vulnerability factor for certain anxiety symptoms such as panic and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Very little research, however, has examined the relationship between AS and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms, which was the objective ...

Background & Aims: Metacognition is considered as an important factor in the genesis and continuation of various psychological disorders, particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. The aim of this study was comparison of Metacognitive beliefs in Major depression disorder (MDD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and healthy groups. Methods: A total of 50 depressive patients...

OBJECTIVE To measure the association of perfectionism with obsessive-compulsive and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD Sample consisted of 94 youth (44 boys, 49 girls; mean age = 13.2 y, SD = 2.5 y) with a DSM-IV diagnosis of OCD. Perfectionism beliefs were measured with both the Adaptive/Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale (AMPS) and ...

cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) posit that specific kinds of dysfunctional beliefs underlie the development of this disorder. the aim of present study was to determine whether these beliefs are endorsed more strongly by ocd patients than by those with other anxiety disorders and by community samples. a battery of questionnaires, including the obq-44, moci, bdi-ii, bai, s...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the metacognitive model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), through a comparative study of thought fusion beliefs and thought control strategies between patients with OCD, depression, and normal people. METHODS This is a causal-comparative study. About 20 patients were selected with OCD, and 20 patients with major depression disorder (MDD),...

OBJECTIVE This study examined anxiety symptoms and disorders in college students with ADHD. METHOD Forty-six college students with ADHD and a matched group of students without ADHD participated. Participants completed self-report measures of anxiety symptoms and associated features, including worry, maladaptive beliefs about worry, panic symptoms, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the role of cognitive mechanisms underlying obsessive compulsive and panic disorders in psychosis, and in particular, their possible contributions to acute psychosis. METHOD A total of 90 participants were recruited comprising three equal-size groups, including two clinical groups (acute and stable) and one non-clinical matched control group. Symptom severit...

OBJECTIVES Despite the important role of doubt in understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), current cognitive models of OCD usually do not separate this initial doubt from the anticipated consequence of not ritualizing. The current study evaluates belief in the obsessional doubt as a real probability as an additional cognitive dimension of obsessive-compulsive (OC) beliefs. METHODS O...