Evaluation of the Relationship between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between obsessive compulsive disorder and difficulty in emotion regulation. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder that shows a fluctuating course characterized by persistent, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors and causes significant loss of functionality. Difficulty in emotion regulation means that the person knows his own emotions and has difficulty in determining goals and strategies to regulate these emotions, or that he cannot reveal these competencies. Considering that compulsions develop to get rid of disturbing feelings and thoughts, that is, they act as a kind of emotion regulation mechanism, it becomes important to investigate the role of emotion regulation styles in OCD, whose relationship with attachment is investigated. While this situation directs new researches for therapy applications and treatment responses, it may enable the development of more effective therapy applications in the treatment of OCD. Related studies written in Turkish or English and covering the date range of 1991-2022 were included in the research. Articles and theses were searched only through Yok Tez, Dergipark, ApaPsycnet, Pubmed, Clinical Key, ScieneDirect, ResearchGate, Sagejournals, Taylor & Francis and JStor sites.

Keywords

• obsesive compulsive disorder
• obssession
• compulsion
• emotion
• emotion regulation difficulty

Obsesif Kompulsif Bozukluk ile Duygu Düzenleme Güçlüğü İlişkisi Hakkında Bir Değerlendirme

Abstract

Bu çalışmada obsesif kompulsif bozukluk ve duygu düzenleme güçlüğü ilişkisinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Obsesif kompulsif bozukluk (OKB), sürekli, istenmeyen düşünceler ve tekrarlayıcı davranışlar ile belirli, dalgalı bir seyir gösteren ve önemli derecede işlevsellik kaybına neden olan ruhsal bir bozukluktur. Duygu düzenleme güçlüğü ise kişinin kendi duygularını bilmekte ve bu duyguları düzenlemek için hedef ve stratejiler belirlemekte zorlanmasını yahut bu yeterlilikleri ortaya koyamamasını ifade etmektedir. Kompulsiyonların rahatsız edici duygu ve düşüncelerden kurtulmak için geliştiği, yani bir nevi duygu düzenleme mekanizması görevi gördüğü göz önünde bulundurulduğunda bağlanmayla ilişkisi araştırılan OKB’de duygu düzenleme şekillerinin oynadığı rolün araştırılması önem kazanmaktadır. Bu durum terapi uygulamaları ile tedavi yanıtları için yeni araştırmalara yön vermekle birlikte, OKB tedavisinde daha etkili terapi uygulamalarının geliştirilmesine olanak sağlayabilmektedir. Araştırmaya, Türkçe ya da İngilizce olarak yazılmış ve 1991-2022 tarih aralığını kapsayan ilgili çalışmalar dahil edilmiştir. Makale ve tezlerin taraması, yalnızca Yök Tez, Dergipark, ApaPsycnet, Pubmed, Clinical Key, ScieneDirect, ResarchGate, Sagejournals, Taylor & Francis ve JStor siteleri üzerinden sağlanmıştır.

Keywords

• obsesif kompulsif bozukluk
• obsesyon
• kompulsiyon
• duygu
• duygu düzenleme güçlüğü

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