Perfectionism and Metacognition as Predictors of Vulnerability of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder A field Study on a Sample of University Students during the Quarantine of the Covid 19 Pandemic

تاريخ الاستلام: 2020/11/09تاريخ القبول:2021/01/11

Abstract

The study aimed to test the relationship between perfectionism and meta-cognition beliefs with obsessive-compulsive disorder among students. It also aimed to determine the ability of perfectionism and metacognition to predict symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

                The study sample consisted of (93) students at university and it included tools on Perfectionism Test on the university students, Meta-cognition Questionnaire and the Arab Scale for obsessive-compulsive disorder. After the procedures of the statistical study using the processing program spss version 24, we reached to the following results:

       We found that there were symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the sample, and there was no difference in perfectionism and metacognition with different gender, social and economic status. We proof that perfectionism and metacognitive beliefs helps in predicting obsessive-compulsive disorder.