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Attachment Orientation, Obsessive Beliefs, and Symptom Severity in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    Sara Asad

    Centre for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    Saima Dawood

    Centre for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan


Received
11 Dec, 2014
Accepted
20 Dec, 2015
Published
31 Dec, 2015

The present study was aimed to determine the predictors of twelve symptom dimensions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Following cross-sectional research design, 90 patients with OCD (Men = 43; Women = 47) were taken with the age range of 18-50 years through nonprobability purposive sampling technique. The assessment measures included Demographic Questionnaire, two subscales of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Symptom Checklist (Jabeen, 2008), Screening Questionnaire for Psychiatric Disorders (Kausar, 2013), Urdu version of Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Kausar, 2014) and Obsessive Belief Questionnaire-44 (Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group, 2001). Results revealed that attachment anxiety and avoidance had nonsignificant relationship with OCD symptom dimensions. Moreover, obsessive beliefs of over importance/ need to control thoughts and over responsibility/overestimation of threat had significant positive relationship with sexual and blasphemous obsessions as well as control compulsions. Attachment avoidance and over importance/need to control thoughts belief emerged as significant predictors of sexual obsessions; whereas, blasphemous obsessions were only predicted by over importance/need to control thoughts belief after controlling for gender, age of onset of OCD, duration of illness, and depression. Over responsibility/overestimation of threat belief was significant predictor of control compulsion. Research findings may help cognitive therapists in identification of obsessive beliefs underlying specific symptom dimensions of OCD subsequently leading to improved treatment outcomes.

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Asad, S., Dawood, S. (2015). Attachment Orientation, Obsessive Beliefs, and Symptom Severity in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 30(2), 207-223. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=264

ACS Style
Asad, S.; Dawood, S. Attachment Orientation, Obsessive Beliefs, and Symptom Severity in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2015, 30, 207-223. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=264

AMA Style
Asad S, Dawood S. Attachment Orientation, Obsessive Beliefs, and Symptom Severity in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2015; 30(2): 207-223. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=264

Chicago/Turabian Style
Asad, Sara, and Saima Dawood. 2015. "Attachment Orientation, Obsessive Beliefs, and Symptom Severity in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 30, no. 2: 207-223. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=264