Attachment Styles in Predicting the Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Women with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Saeide Yazdani, Parisa Behdost

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The aim of this study was to determine the role of attachment styles in predicting the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The method of the present study was descriptive-correlational. In this study, 50 women with obsessive-compulsive disorder referred to counseling centers and welfare-related medical services in district 10 of Tehran were selected through purposive sampling. The Pennsylvania State of Mayer et al.'s (1990) Concern Questionnaire and the revised Collins and Reed (1990) Attachment Scale were used to collect data, and the stepwise multivariate correlation and regression test was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a relationship between attachment styles and symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. The results also showed that safe, ambivalent and avoidant attachment style 0.44 symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder. They see. The results indicate that safe attachment style with beta of 0.30, ambivalent with beta of 0.30 and avoidance with beta of 0.22 is able to predict the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder.

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