Assessing obsessive compulsive symptoms and cognitions on the internet: Evidence for the comparability of paper and Internet administration

Meredith E. Coles; Laura M. Cook; Thomas R. Blake

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2006.12.009

Dynamics of Psychological Reactions at the Start of the Pandemic of COVID-19

Psychological-Educational Studies ◽

10.17759/psyedu.2020120207 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 108-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S.N. Enikolopov ◽

O.M. Boyko ◽

T.I. Medvedeva ◽

O.U. Vorontsova ◽

O.Yu. Kazmina

Keyword(s):

Sleep Disturbances ◽

Statistical Processing ◽

The Internet ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Constructive Thinking ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Psychological Reactions ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽

Psychopathological Symptoms ◽

Wide Range

The goal of the work is to study the dynamics of psychological changes unfolding during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper presents an analysis of the responses to the survey on the Internet, received from 03.22.2020 to 04.04.2020, when the spread of COVID-19 begins in Russia. The study was conducted on the Internet using Google Forms. Links to the survey were posted on social networks. The survey involved 430 people, including 188 people in Moscow, and the answers were divided into 3 groups with respect to the date when they were received: March 23–24 (79 people), March 29–30 (46 people), March 31–April 4 (63 people). The survey included a general block of questions and methods SCL-90-R, COPE, OKM97. Statistical processing was carried out with the SPSS statistical package. The results of the study show an increase in psychopathological symptoms (somatization, phobic symptoms, sleep disturbances), a decrease in the level of constructive thinking and indicators of emotional consciousness, an expansion of ideas about esoteric thinking, naïve optimism, categorical thinking, a turn to religion and a search for existential explanations for what is happening. In the Moscow sample, a V-shaped graphs were noted for the parameters of the level of depression, for the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, for the parameters for “turning to religion”, “esoteric thinking,” along with a constant increase in the level of anxious, phobic symptoms and somatization, which leads to the presence of the negation phase after the phase of shock and before the adoption of a situation. Conclusions: with prolonged situation a further increase in psychopathological symptoms is possible, which can have a wide range of negative consequences.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Beliefs in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Examination of Cognitive Models

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy ◽

10.1891/0889-8391.28.4.251 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 251-263 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Meredith E. Coles ◽

Ariel Ravid ◽

Martin E. Franklin ◽

Eric A. Storch ◽

Muniya Khanna

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Cognitive Models ◽

The Internet ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Future Directions ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽

Specific Relation ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Unselected Sample

Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit that particular beliefs transform normal intrusions into disturbing obsessions. A wealth of data shows that such beliefs and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms are related in adults. However, there is markedly less information regarding OCD-related beliefs in youth. The purpose of this study was to assess the relation between OCD-related beliefs and OC symptoms in unselected adolescents (ages 13–18 years; N = 159). Findings from questionnaires completed on the Internet were consistent with previous findings in adults. Increased levels of OCD-related beliefs were related to increased levels of OC symptoms. Perfectionism and certainty beliefs had a specific relation with symmetry and ordering symptoms. Contrary to expectation, levels of OCD-related beliefs in this unselected sample were similar to those found in prior studies of youth diagnosed with OCD. Implications, limitations, and future directions for the study of OCD-related beliefs in youth are discussed.

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The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in the prediction of Cyberchondria

Advances in Bioscience and Clinical Medicine ◽

10.7575/aiac.abcmed.v.6n.4p.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Zahra Zangoulechi ◽

Zahra Yousefi ◽

Neda Keshavarz

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Sensitivity ◽

Medical Information ◽

Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽

The Internet ◽

Sensitivity Index ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽

Related Data ◽

The Individual

Frequent search for health-related data on the internet that escalates anxiety experience is called cyberchondria. The aim of this study was to determine the role of anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the prediction of cyberchondria. The study was performed on 177 students of Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran. The samples were recruited using clustering sampling method. Data were collected using Cyberchondria Sensitivity Scale (CSS), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASIR), Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI), and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS). According to the regression analysis, anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive-compulsive symptoms positively and significantly predicted cyberchondria. According to the results, the interpretation of physical sensations as dangers, uncertainty about the origin of these senses, and the feeling of responsibility and coercion to be sure about the health leads the individual to frequently search medical information through the Internet.

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