Obsessions Across Two Cultures: A Comparison of Belgian and Turkish Non-clinical Samples.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing interest in the role of culture in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, yet cultural studies to date have suffered from methodological limitations and lack a clear theoretical framework. In the current study, we adopted a rigorous methodological approach, and a clear cultural psychological framework. We compared the structure and frequency of obsessions in non-clinical samples (N = 706) from Belgium, a Western culture, and Turkey, a non-Western cultural context. Obsessions were measured by a newly compiled instrument that included a broad range of obsessions. Cross-cultural equivalence of the structure of obsessions was assessed both in the pooled data, and in each culture separately. At an abstract level, we found a two-factor structure that was cross-culturally invari

SUBMITTER: Ozcanli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443853 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature