چکیده:
Objective
The present study aimed at examining worry, cognitive avoidance, intolerance of uncertainty, and metacognitive beliefs, as transdiagnostic factors, in clinical samples with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Methods
In total, 200 patients (66 with GAD, 74 with OCD, and 60 with comorbid GAD and OCD) were selected to participate in this study using the purposeful sampling method. The participants completed the Penn State worry questionnaire, cognitive avoidance questionnaire, intolerance of uncertainty scale, and metacognitive beliefs questionnaire.
Results
The findings showed no significant difference between patients with GAD and OCD in total scores of these constructs; however, the patients with comorbidity of GAD and OCD showed significantly higher scores in these measures (P<0.01) compared with the patients with GAD or OCD.
Conclusion
These cognitive factors are possible transdiagnostic factors shared between GAD and OCD. Moreover, they considerably increase when GAD and OCD co-occur.
خلاصه ماشینی:
October 2019, Volume 7, Number 4 ResearchPaper: Transdiagnostic Processes in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Worry, Cognitive Avoidance, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Metacognitive Beliefs Mohammad Ali Besharat1 /, Mohammad Atari /, Roghyeh Sadat Mirjalili / 1.
Transdiagnostic Processes in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Worry, Cognitive Avoidance, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Metacognitive Beliefs.
281 Article info: Received: 21 Mar 2019 Accepted: 18 Aug 2019 Available Online: 01 Oct 2019 Keywords: Cognition, Transdiagnosis, Generalized anxiety disorder, Obsessive-compulsive disorder ABSTRACT Objective: The present study aimed at examining worry, cognitive avoidance, intolerance of uncertainty, and metacognitive beliefs, as transdiagnostic factors, in clinical samples with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
ir 281 October 2019, Volume 7, Number 4 Highlights ● Four transdiagnostic cognitive factors including worry, cognitive avoidance, intolerance of uncertainty, and meta-cognitive beliefs were investigated in GAD and/or OCD patients.
Yet, considering %%انتهای جدول%%] the high comorbidity in psychological disorders, recent studies have investigated responsible factors for comor-bidities, as well as common cognitive factors introduced as transdiagnostic processes (Gillan, Fineberg, & Rob-bins, 2017; Harvey, Watkins, Mansell, & Shafran, 2004; Mansell, Harvey, Watkins, & Shafran, 2008; McLaughlin & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2011; Torres, et al.
Based on the above-mentioned literature, the present study aimed at examining worry, cognitive avoidance, IU, and metacognitive beliefs, as transdiagnostic processes, in GAD and OCD.
In sum, the present study highlighted the significance of the transdiagnostic roles of worry, cognitive avoidance, IU, and metacognitive beliefs in GAD and OCD as prevalent psychological disorders.