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Relationships between dissociation, obsessive beliefs, and self-esteem in juvenile obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case-controlled clinical study
Document Type
Report
Source
Current Psychology. March, 2023, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p6043, 13 p.
Subject
Turkey
Language
English
ISSN
1046-1310
Abstract
A body of accumulating evidence showed that dissociation, obsessive-beliefs, and poor self-esteem are causally implicated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adult samples. This study aimed at expanding and refining the current evidence in children and adolescents. A total of 41 patients with OCD and 51 healthy individuals, aged between 11 and 17, were included in the study. The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI), Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES), Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale - Child Version (RCADS- CV), and Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire - Child Version (OBQ-CV) were completed by participants. The Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Present and Lifetime Version DSM-5 (K-SADS PL DSM-5) and Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS-C) were further administered among juvenile OCD patients. Specific phobias (39.0%), depressive disorders (22.0%), social phobia (17.1%), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (12.2%) were the more prevalent comorbid clinical conditions in the OCD group. A-DES scores were significantly associated with both obsessions and compulsions subscales of the CY-BOCS-C in the clinical group. OCD-afflicted youths had lower levels of general self-esteem than healthy controls (HC). Most and foremost, low general self-esteem and maternal psychopathology significantly contributed to the development and maintenance of juvenile OCD. We found no support for the significant associations of obsessional beliefs with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Compared to healthy youths, the results suggested that juvenile OCD seems to pursue a different developmental pathway concerning dissociative symptomatology and self-concept.
Author(s): Yavuz Meral [sup.1] , Murat Boysan [sup.2] , Tuncay Sandikçi [sup.3] , Yasin Çaliskan [sup.1] , Abas Hasimoglu [sup.4] , Burak Dogangün [sup.3] , M. Tayyib Kadak [sup.3] Author [...]