Open Access<p>“Was it real or did I imagine it?” Perfectionistic beliefs are associated with dissociative absorption and imaginative involvement in obsessive-compulsive disorder</p>
Author(s) -
Andrea Pozza,
Davide Dèttore
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s212983
Subject(s) - dissociative experiences scale , dissociative , depersonalization , derealization , dissociative disorders , psychology , clinical psychology , beck anxiety inventory , anxiety , psychiatry , dissociation (chemistry) , amnesia , beck depression inventory , cognition , burnout , emotional exhaustion , chemistry , schizotypy
In the literature there are inconsistent data regarding the role of dissociation in OCD. No study explored the association between obsessive beliefs and dissociative symptoms in OCD. It is important to understand which clinical factors are related to dissociation in OCD as more severe dissociative symptoms, particularly absorption, have been found to be predictors of treatment non-response. In the present short report we describe the results of an exploratory study aimed to investigate the role of the obsessive beliefs as predictors of the different dissociative symptoms controlling for anxiety and OCD severity in a group of OCD patients.