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Showing 3 results for Obsession
Mohammad Ali Besharat, Roghaye Sadat Mirjalili, Volume 2, Issue 3 (9-2014)
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Worry is considered as one of the shared cognitive components in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The study of cognitive factors influencing worry simultaneously has important implications for psychopathology. These factors have been discussed separately in different theoretical models. The aim of the present study was to investigate the simple and multiple relationships of metacognitive belief, intolerance of uncertainty, perfectionistic cognitions and cognitive avoidance with worry in patients with GAD and OCD. A total of 66 patients (52 women, 14 men) with GAD and 74 patients (51 women, 23 men) with OCD were selected by purposive sampling in Yazd and Tehran. All participants completed Penn State worry questionnaire (PSWQ), metacognitive beliefs questionnaire (MCBQ), intolerance of uncertainty scale (IUS), perfectionism cognitions inventory (PCI) and cognitive avoidance questionnaire (CAQ). Results showed a positive correlation between predictor variables and worry in both groups. Metacognitive beliefs and intolerance of uncertainty were the most powerful predictors of worry in patients with GAD and OCD, respectively. It can be concluded that although worry is a shared cognitive component in both GAD and OCD, the determinants of worry are different in the two disorders.
Mohammad Ali Besharat, Sepideh Dehghani, Volume 2, Issue 3 (9-2014)
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by the presence of recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images as well as repetitive behaviors or mental acts. According to the existing evidence, it can be predicted that difficulties in emotion regulation, impulsivity and anger are related to obsessive-compulsive disorder in one way or another. The aim of the present study was to predict obsessive-compulsive symptoms on the basis of difficulties in emotion regulation, impulsivity and anger. A total of 171 individuals from Tehran general population (71 men, 100 women) participated in this study as volunteers. Participants completed the difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS), Barratt impulsiveness scale (BIS), multi-dimensional anger inventory (MAI) and the obsessive-compulsive inventory-revised (OCI-R). The results indicated that obsessive-compulsive symptoms could be predicted by non-acceptance of negative emotions, limited access to effective emotion regulation strategies, cognitive impulsivity, motor impulsivity and anger-in. According to the results of the present study, it can be concluded that psychopathology, prevention and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder recall precise attention to risk factors of difficulties in emotion regulation, impulsivity and anger.
Mahboubeh Dadfar, David Lester, Behrooz Birashk, Ali Asghar Asgharnejad Farid, Mohammad Kazem Atef Vahid, Volume 4, Issue 3 (12-2016)
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Thanatology is the academic study of dying, death and grief. It encompasses thoughts, feelings, attitudes, events and the psychological mechanisms of dealing with them. Death obsession includes ruminations, repetitive, intrusive thoughts or images about death. Death obsession in the nursing profession can occur on a daily basis, and communication with dying patients can be stressful for nurses. Nurses with such emotion need to death education program. Didactic method is one of the approaches to death education program. Aim of this study was the effectiveness of didactic approach on the reduction of death obsession among nurses. The participants were 12 nurses. They were selected randomly from ICU and CCU wards of the Khatom-Al-Anbia General Hospital in Tehran city. The nurses completed the Death Obsession Scale (DOS) before and after intervention. Didactic approach was held in 36 hours in 6 workshops weekly. Data were analyzed through dependent t-test using SPSS/WIN 16.0 program. Results showed that there was a significant difference between pretest and posttest for the didactic approach on the DOS scores (T=2.21, df=11, p<.05). We conclude that didactic approach is useful on the reduction of death obsession and promotion of mental health in the nurses. It is recommended that in psychoeducational interventions related to attitudes towards death and dying, the focus should be placed on a community-based approach.
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