Comparison of the effectiveness of emotional and neutral work memory training on rumination in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D Student of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.

2 Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Ferdowsi University Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran.

Abstract

The growing fear of infection following the spread of the coronavirus worldwide has posed a threat to the mental health of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of emotional and neutral working memory training on improving rumination in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the sample group consisting of 42 individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder was selected by the available method according to the Vancouver obsessive-compulsive disorder questionnaire and structured clinical interview for psychiatric disorders and then they were placed randomly in Three equal groups. Pre-test and post-test included the Nolen-Hooksma rumination questionnaire. the interventions used was included of emotional working memory training for the first group and neutral working memory training for the second group, each of which was performed for 20 sessions and the control group did not receive any intervention. The results of ANCOVA analysis showed a significant effectiveness of emotional and neutral working memory training on rumination in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (P <0.01). Also, emotional working memory training was significantly more effective in improving rumination than neutral working memory training (P <0.05). And MANCOVA analysis showed that working memory training had significant effect on the reflection subscale (P <0.01) and no significant effect on the subscales of depression and depression. According to the findings, it can be concluded that emotional processes of working memory play a greater role in the formation of rumination than neutral processes.

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History

  • Receive Date: 24 May 2022
  • Revise Date: 28 June 2022
  • Accept Date: 02 July 2022

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