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).
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.