The Mediating Role of Disgust Sensitivity in the Relationship between Anxiety Sensitivity, Worry and Obsessive-Compulsive Syndrome

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1 M.A in Clinical psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of disgust sensitivity in the relationship between anxiety sensitivity, worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in non-clinical population. The research method was correlational and path analysis and the statistical population of the study was the general population of 20 to 50 years old living in Tehran city. and 300 subjects participated in the research through an internet call with convenience sampling method. The instruments were Obsession-compulsive Disorder-revision, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-revised, Pennsylvania State Worry Questionnaire and Disgust Scale Revised. The findings showed that the model has a good fit. Also, anxiety sensitivity and worry have a direct and meaningful relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and disgust sensitivity has a mediating role in the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and worry with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and the indirect effect of disgust sensitivity in the relationship between anxiety sensitivity, worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. It was meaningful. According to the mediating role of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in relation to obsessive-compulsive symptoms, planning to improve education for people in the area of worry, anxiety sensitivity can play an important role in reducing obsessive-compulsive symptoms due to disgust sensitivity.

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