Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations

Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations"

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Behavioral - Cognitive and Behavioral Meta Cognitive Approaches in Patient with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Authors
Nahid Akrami
Mehrdad kalantari
Hamid Reza Arizi
Mohmmad Reza Abedi
Mohsen Maroufi
10.22075/jcp.2017.2023
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cognitive and metacognitive therapy on patients with obsessive compulsive disorder. Method: In this study a quasi-experimental design with pre-post test and two experimental groups were used. The experimental groups were behavioural cognitive (n=18), and behavioural metacognitive (n=11) groups. Interventions were administrated to both experimental groups. Then patients were evaluated by Maudsley Obsessional- Compulsive Inventory (MOCI). Results: The effect size of behavioral- cognitive treatment was equivalent to 1.6 and for behavioral metacognitive treatment was 1.4 that indicate high effect of treatment for both group. However, there was no significant difference between two groups according to ANCOVA. Conclusion: According to the findings when the treatment focused on the cognitive distortions and metacognitive beliefs compulsive both methods effectively decreased obsessive-compulsive symptoms, However there was no significant difference between cognitive- behaviour and metacognitive behaviour treatment methods.
Keywords
Obsessive - Compulsive disorder
Behavioral - Cognitive therapy
Meta cognitive therapy

  • Receive Date 29 January 2017
  • First Publish Date 29 January 2017
  • Publish Date 22 June 2010