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Relationship between the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Dimensions, Severity and Insight in Adolescents: An Iranian Sample

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

S. Rashid 1
K. Khorramdel 2
S. Shahimi 3
H. Mahmoudi 4
M. Zare 4

1 International Education Faculty, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

2 Psychology Department, Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz, Iran

3 Population & Global Health Faculty, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

4 Psychology Department, Education & Psychology Faculty, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract
Aims: The goal of the present study was to assess the relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder dimensions and severity with insight into an adolescent’s population.

Materials & Methods: This study was done in Iran. The study sample included 84 adolescents with OCD according to DSM-5. The participants completed materials of Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV), Children Depression Questionnaire (CDQ), Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-Severity Rating (CY-BOCS-SR), and Child Assessment of Belief Scale (CABS). Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics’ indices, Pearson correlation, separation coefficient, and multi-variant regression, using SPSS.

Findings: There was a strong positive relationship between the hoarding dimension and delusional insight. Also, severity, ordering, and doubting/checking were significantly correlated with insight, while this result disappeared by controlling the hoarding dimension via partial correlation. Moreover, adolescents with more symptoms of hoarding demonstrated a significantly higher score in OCI-CV, severity and delusional insight but not in the depression inventory.

Conclusion: Findings of the present study consistent with prior findings suggest a non-significant relationship between OCD clinical dimensions and insight in adolescents.

Keywords

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Severity
Insight
Depression
Subjects
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