Prediction of coronavirus anxiety based on cognitive flexibility and self-differentiation in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology
shiva rahimzadegan
1
,
Akbar atadokht
2
1 - Department of Psychologhy, Faculty of Educational science, University og Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
2 - دپارتمان روانشناسی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران.
Keywords: obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-differentiation, Coronavirus Anxiety, Cognitive Flexibility,
Abstract :
With the advent of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the lives and health of millions of people have been threatened. The epidemic not only leads to high rates of death toll from viral infections, but has also led to the spread of psychological health problems throughout the world. Uncertainty and unpredictability of the outbreak of an infectious disease has a high potential for psychological fear of the disease transmission. The aim of the present research was to predict the coronavirus anxiety in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder based on cognitive flexibility and self-differentiation. For this purpose, in a correlational descriptive research, 86 people with obsessive-compulsive disorder referring to counseling centers in Urmia sity in 2021 were selected by available sampling method and were evaluated in terms of coronavirus anxiety, cognitive flexibility and self-differentiation. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that there is a significant negative relationship between coronavirus anxiety, cognitive flexibility and self-differentiation in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and cognitive flexibility and self-differentiation negatively predict the coronavirus anxiety. This research indicates the importance of protective role of the cognitive flexibility and self-differentiation variables against the anxiety caused by the outbreak of coronavirus
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