Analyzing the Relationship between Existential Concerns, Incompleteness, and Insight with Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Female Students
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Master of General psychology, University of Guilan
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
10.22098/jrp.2025.16627.1284
Abstract
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, 460 undergraduate female students of Guilan University in the academic year 2023-2024 were selected by the cluster sampling method. Information gathering was conducted by Padua Inventory (1988), Existential Concerns Questionnaire (Bruggen et al.) (2017), Brown Incompleteness Scale (Boisseau et al.) (2017), and Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (2004). 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 0.63 (p < 0.001). Also, 39% of changes in obsessive-compulsive disorder dimensions are predictable. The existential concerns (-0.64) and incompleteness (-0.53) 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.
Rezaei, M. , Abolghasemi, A. and Naseh, A. (2025). Analyzing the Relationship between Existential Concerns, Incompleteness, and Insight with Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Female Students. Journal of Research in Psychopathology, (), -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16627.1284
MLA
Rezaei, M. , , Abolghasemi, A. , and Naseh, A. . "Analyzing the Relationship between Existential Concerns, Incompleteness, and Insight with Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Female Students", Journal of Research in Psychopathology, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16627.1284
HARVARD
Rezaei, M., Abolghasemi, A., Naseh, A. (2025). 'Analyzing the Relationship between Existential Concerns, Incompleteness, and Insight with Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Female Students', Journal of Research in Psychopathology, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16627.1284
CHICAGO
M. Rezaei , A. Abolghasemi and A. Naseh, "Analyzing the Relationship between Existential Concerns, Incompleteness, and Insight with Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Female Students," Journal of Research in Psychopathology, (2025): -, doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16627.1284
VANCOUVER
Rezaei, M., Abolghasemi, A., Naseh, A. Analyzing the Relationship between Existential Concerns, Incompleteness, and Insight with Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Female Students. Journal of Research in Psychopathology, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16627.1284
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