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  • Cognitive Psychology

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  • Cognitive beliefs are crucial in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) etiology and maintenance.
  • The specific role of cognitive beliefs in various OCD subtypes remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if cognitive factors proposed by the Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG) can predict specific OCD subtypes.
  • To examine the relationship between cognitive beliefs and different manifestations of OCD symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of 208 university students completed the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ-44) and Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R).
  • Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis to identify predictors of OCD subtypes.

Main Results:

  • "Responsibility/threat overestimation" significantly predicted obsessive-compulsive behaviors and subtypes like washing, checking, obsessing, hoarding, and neutralizing.
  • "Perfectionism and intolerance of uncertainty" most strongly predicted ordering and hoarding subtypes.
  • "Importance/control of thought" was a predictor only for the ordering subtype.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support Salkovskis' cognitive theory, highlighting inflated responsibility beliefs as central to developing diverse OCD subtypes.
  • Other cognitive beliefs demonstrated a less significant role in the development of OCD symptoms.