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IJIET 2017 Vol.7(3): 212-216 ISSN: 2010-3689
doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2017.7.3.868

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Analytic Therapy on the Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

M. Arab Ameri, A. Yousefi, S. Adl Rad, and F. Rasouli Khorshidi

Abstract—This study was aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy on symptoms severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder. This was a empirical study. Twenty patients with obsessive compulsive disorder were selected by inconvenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control group. Participants initially completed the Socio-demographic Questionnaire and interviewed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders. Then, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was administered in baseline, post-treatment and follow-up. Mixed analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that symptoms severity of obsessive compulsive disorder was significantly decreased at post-treatment and three-month follow-up in the treatment group as compared to the control group (F1,18 = 15.05, P < 0.001). The interaction of intervention and factor of time resulted in decreased symptoms severity in post-treatment and follow-up (F2,36 = 22.53, P < 0.001).The group cognitive analytic therapy is an effective and longstanding therapy for symptoms management of obsessive compulsive disorder.

Index Terms—Cognitive analytic, therapy, obsessive-compulsive, disorder.

M. Arab Ameri and F. Rasouli Khorshidi are with Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Babol Brabnch, Iran (e-mail: arabameripsy@yahoo.com, frasouli64@yahoo.com).
A. Yousefi is with Clinical Psychology, Iran (e-mail: azitayusefi@yahoo.com).
S. Adl Rad is with Education and Training Organization, Semnan, Iran (e-mail: adlrad.psy@gmail.com).

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Cite: M. Arab Ameri, A. Yousefi, S. Adl Rad, and F. Rasouli Khorshidi, "The Effectiveness of Cognitive Analytic Therapy on the Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 212-216, 2017.

General Information

  • ISSN: 2010-3689 (Online)
  • Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Inf. Educ. Technol.
  • Frequency: Monthly
  • DOI: 10.18178/IJIET
  • Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steve Thatcher
  • Managing Editor: Ms. Nancy Y. Liu
  • Abstracting/ Indexing: Scopus (CiteScore 2022: 2.0), INSPEC (IET), UGC-CARE List (India), CNKI, EBSCO, Google Scholar
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