Monitoring the Role of Introversion, Alexithymia and Impulsiveness in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Subject Areas :Mohammad Mehtari Arani 1 * , فرشته راشد 2
1 - Dept of Management, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 -
Keywords: Obsessive-Compulsive, Impulsiveness, Alexithymia, Introversion,
Abstract :
Obsessive-compulsive disorder compromises a group of mental disorders manifesting themselves with important features such as involuntary and mind-disturbing thoughts; harassing, recurring, and stereotypical actions and behaviors which have been all formed in line of avoiding anxiety or negating obsessive thoughts that do establish a destructive role in degrading the quality of life and disrupting one’s social and occupational functions. This present research is to investigate role of introversion, alexithymia, and impulsiveness in the obsessive-compulsive disorder. For this purpose, a survey on 230 citizens of Badrood city was conducted based on the sampling method available in which their introversion, alexithymia, and impulsiveness in the obsessive-compulsive disorder were thoroughly covered. The findings demonstrated that the respondent tended mildly towards obsessive thoughts and behaviours. As far as impulsiveness was concerned, majority of the citizens revealed low impulsivity and their ability in recognizing and expressing emotions; and sympathizing and restring the situation appeared to be moderate. 6.6% of the cases were totally introverted. Based on the findings gained, it was confirmed that impulsivity, introversion, and alexithymia influenced directly and positively the obsessive-compulsive disorder. Also, the most prevalent effect of the indices on the OCD was pertained to the inversion and impulsivity variables, respectively