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Interpersonal Sensitivity, Psychoticism and Moderating Effect of Psychological Hardiness on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Among Mental Health Outpatients in Lagos, Nigeria: A Descriptive Moderating Study
14 Pages Posted: 7 Oct 2019
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) make it difficult for sufferers to relax, feel obligated to plan out their activities to the minute and find unstructured intolerable. It is an heterogeneous condition. The study aimed to investigate influence of interpersonal sensitivity, psychoticism and moderating effect of psychological hardiness on obsessive compulsive disorder. Prevalence of interpersonal sensitivity, psychoticism and obsessive compulsive behaviour was established. Gender difference on OCD was also examined.
The study adopted descriptive and cross sectional design. A one hundred and nineteen standardized questionnaire was administered to (N=295) purposively selected mental health outpatients in Lagos. 125(42.4%) were male while 170(57.6%) were female. The mean age of the participants was 36.3years (SD±5.1).The study was conducted between February, 2016-August 2019.
Findings showed that 154(52.2%) prevalence on obsessive compulsive disorder, 174(59%) on interpersonal sensitivity and 163(55.3%) on psychoticism. Interpersonal sensitivity and psychoticism had significant independent and joint prediction on obsessive and compulsive behaviour (R2 =.52; F (2,183) =100.1; P<.05). In term of independent effect, interpersonal sensitivity predicted obsessive compulsive (β = .61, t = 9.9; P<.05). The variable accounted for 61 percent (β = 0.61) variance in obsessive compulsive behaviour. Psychoticism also predicted obsessive compulsive behaviour (β = .18, t = -2.9; P<.05). Psychological hardiness was inversely related to obsessive compulsive behaviour (β = -0.45). Interpersonal sensitivity and psychoticism had indirect inverse relationship with obsessive compulsive behaviour. There was a significant difference between female and male on obsessive compulsive disorder (t (293) =-4.61; P<.05).
As much as psychological hardiness moderately influenced interpersonal sensitivity and psychoticism on obsessive compulsive disorder. Further study is envisaged to explore specific domain of hardiness with greater impact and should be directed to develop therapeutic model of psychological hardiness for obsessive compulsive disorder.
Funding Statement: There is no funding for the study.
Declaration of Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Ethical Approval Statement: The researchers obtained permission from the Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan. The protocol was also sent to the ethical committee of the Hospitals which was approved.
Keywords: Interpersonal sensitivity, psychoticism, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychological hardiness, moderating influence
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