Comparison of Metacognitive Beliefs, Early Maladaptive Schemas and Emotion Regulation in Patients with Obsessive and Normal

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare metacognitive beliefs, early maladaptive schemas and emotional regulation in obsessive-compulsive patients and normal individuals. The present study was a causal study. Among the statistical population of all patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder referring to counseling centers in Shiraz during the first quarter of 2017, 40 obsessive-compulsive patients were selected by available sampling method. Then, the normal group with maximum matched age and Sex with obsessive-compulsive group were selected they were assessed by questionnaires of emotion regulation, metacognitive questionnaire, and Yang-Short Form Schema Questionnaire. SPSS-22 software was used to analyze the data in the form of descriptive tests including mean standard deviation, and also to compare the meanings of multivariate analysis of variance and the assumptions of this test. The results of these analyzes indicated that the mean of obsessive-compulsive group was significantly higher in the meta-cognitive beliefs, early maladaptive schemas, and the strategy for regulating the excitement of suppression, and in the strategy of adjustment of the excitement of re-evaluation was significantly lower than the normal group. It is suggested that the results of this study be used to design medical and educational programs in people with obsessive compulsive disorder.