Abstract
Individual differences in obsessive-compulsive (OC) behavior in various cultures appear to be associated with religiosity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of religion in OC symptoms and cognitions in distinctly low and high religious groups from a normal community sample of 119 Iranian Muslims. Specifically, we compared the two groups on OC cognitions and symptoms, and we examined the correlations between the cognitive and symptom measures within each group. There was a trend for the high religious group to produce greater scores than those in the low religious group on the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ) subscale of threat overestimation and responsibility. Furthermore, participants that were more religious achieved significantly higher scores on the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity and on its Fear of God subscale. Although a number of significant correlations were observed between OBQ and Padua Inventory total and subscale scores, particularly in the low religious group, there was no conclusive relationship between religiosity and OC behavior and obsessional beliefs. Religion appears to be one more arena where OC symptoms expressed, rather than being a determinant of the disorder.
Highlights
A wealth of psychiatric research has examined the relationship between OCD and cultural and religious identity and practice
Participants who were low in religiosity scored higher on Padua Inventory—Washington State University Revision (PI-WSUR) total and all of its subscales, except for Obsessional Impulses to Harm Self/Others and dressing/grooming compulsion where the reverse was true, but again, these differences were not statistically significant
There were, no significant correlations between the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ)-44 total and all subscales with the PIWSUR checking compulsions and obsession impulses to harm self/others PI-WSUR subscales in this group.The results showed the most of statistically significant correlations belong to less religious participants
Summary
A wealth of psychiatric research has examined the relationship between OCD and cultural and religious identity and practice. No particular relationship was found between religious practice or religious obsessions and any other particular type of obsession or compulsion Overall, their findings indicated that there was no conclusive relationship between religiosity and any other clinical features of OCD. The relationship between religiosity and OC behavior was investigated in Israeli Jews [8] In their first study, no association was found between religiosity and OC behavior, religiosity is related to some degree to perfectionism and to parental attitudes toward upbringing. No association was found between religiosity and OC behavior, religiosity is related to some degree to perfectionism and to parental attitudes toward upbringing In their second study, a significant difference was observed between more religious and less religious groups on OC behavior, as measured by the Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI)
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