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An Investigation of the Effect of COVID-19 on OCD in Youth in the Context of Emotional Reactivity, Experiential Avoidance, Depression and Anxiety

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Seçer, İsmail, Ulaş, Sümeyye·2021·International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

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In addition to the serious physical and medical effects on individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have short- and long-term psycho-social consequences, especially for young people. Nowadays, with psychological problems becoming more widely recognized in adolescents, it is possible that the fear and anxiety caused by the pandemic will trigger various anxiety disorders, OCD and similar negative outcomes. Considering that psychological qualities such as emotional reactivity and experiential avoidance observed in adolescents may increase the risk of such psycho-social disorders, in this study the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and OCD was investigated in a Turkish sample of 598 adolescents, and the mediating role of emotional reactivity, experiential avoidance and depression-anxiety in this relationship was examined. The data collection was performed online rather than in person because of the COVID-19 threat. A structural equation model was used to determine the direct and indirect predictive effects between variables in data analysis. The results of the study show that the effect of COVID-19 fear on OCD is mediated by emotional reactivity, experiential avoidance and depression-anxiety.

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Authors
Seçer, İ., & Ulaş, S.
Affiliations
  • Atatürk University (TR)
  • Gümüşhane University (TR)
Corresponding author
Seçer, İsmail
Venue
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Published
2020-06-13
Volume
19
Issue
6
Pages
2306-2319
ISSN
  • 1557-1874 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-1882
OpenAlex
W3035721667
Cited by
142
References
47
Citations by year
2025: 7 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 10
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11.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Gümüşhane University Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, adolescents, fear of COVID-19, emotional reactivity, experiential avoidance, depression, anxiety, mediating effect, mental health during pandemic

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