Obsessive Beliefs, Metacognitive Beliefs, and Rumination in Parents of Adolescents with and Without Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Linear Mixed-Effects Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental cognitive characteristics may represent environmental risk factors in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study compared obsessive beliefs, metacognitions, and ruminative thinking in parents of adolescents with OCD and healthy controls (HCs), and examined links with clinical features in patients.

Methods

Participants were 45 adolescents with OCD, 45 HCs, and both their mothers and fathers. The Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) assessed symptom severity in adolescents. Parents completed the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ), Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire (RTSQ), 30-item Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models, followed

SUBMITTER: Mısır E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12563947 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature