Obsessive beliefs prospectively predict adherence to safety behaviours related to COVID-19 through obsessive-compulsive symptoms and COVID-19 distress: A serial multiple mediator analysis.
Int J Psychol
; 57(5): 559-566, 2022 Oct.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1772706
ABSTRACT
Obsessive-compulsive tendencies may render individuals vulnerable to elevated distress and over-adherence to safety behaviours during illness outbreaks. The present study investigated obsessive beliefs as a predictor of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, COVID-19 distress and the exercise of safety behaviours related to COVID-19 in a community sample. Four hundred seventy-nine participants responded to a questionnaire battery in March 2020 and 218 individuals participated in a follow-up assessment in September 2020. Results indicated that baseline obsessive beliefs predicted the exercise of baseline safety behaviours through obsessive-compulsive symptoms and COVID-19 distress. In addition, the relationship between baseline obsessive beliefs and safety behaviour adoption 6 months later was mediated by later obsessive-compulsive symptoms and COVID-19 distress. Findings extended prior research on the association between obsessive-compulsive phenomena and psychological changes related to illness outbreaks. The implications for prevention and treatment strategies are discussed.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Psychol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijop.12844
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