Analyzing the Relationship between Existential Concerns, Incompleteness, and Insight with Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Female Students

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between existential concerns, incompleteness, and insight with dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder in female students. In this correlational research, ۴۶۰ undergraduate female students of Guilan University in the academic year ۲۰۲۳-۲۰۲۴ were selected by the cluster sampling method. Information gathering was conducted by Padua Inventory (۱۹۸۸), Existential Concerns Questionnaire (Bruggen et al.) (۲۰۱۷), Brown Incompleteness Scale (Boisseau et al.) (۲۰۱۷), and Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (۲۰۰۴). Data were analyzed by focal correlation analysis. Results revealed that there is a significant focal correlation between existential concerns, incompleteness, and insight with dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder in female students, and the correlation coefficient was ۰.۶۳ (p < ۰.۰۰۱). Also, ۳۹% of changes in obsessive-compulsive disorder dimensions are predictable. The existential concerns (-۰.۶۴) and incompleteness (-۰.۵۳) had the highest focal weight, respectively. According to research results, existential concerns, incompleteness, and insight affect the obsessive-compulsive disorder dimensions in students and thereby increase its symptoms and manifestations. Existential concerns and incompleteness have the greatest effect on dimensions of students’ obsessive-compulsive disorder, so their effect on students’ psychological vulnerability can be prevented by necessary training and prevention.

کلیدواژه ها:

Existential Concerns ، Incompleteness ، Insight ، Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder