The Relationship between thought Action Fusion with Obsessive Compulsive Dimensions and Severity in Adolescents

The objective of the current study is assessing the role of thought action fusion with dimensions and the severity of obsessive compulsive disorder in the adolescents in Ardabil province. The research design is descriptive in the form of correlation and prediction .Sample concluded 84 adolescents by obsessive compulsive disorder who refer to Ardabil province clinics in 2014 whom, according to clinical physicians and based on DSM-5 criteria were diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder. The participants completed the materials of obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version, Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-Severity Rating, Child Assessment of Beliefs Scale, the questionnaire of children depression and Thought-Action Fusion Scale. Research data were analyzed by descriptive statistics indices, person correlation analysis, separation coefficient, multi-variant regression using SPSS. The obtained results suggest the relationship between total scores of obsessive compulsive inventory and thought action fusion. Also, there is no significant relationship between though action fusion and insight, severity, particular elements of obsessive compulsive inventory and depression, but some of obsessive compulsive domains had a relationship with thought action fusion which was weak and insignificant. The collection of our findings except non-relationship between depression and thought action fusion has been conducted along other researches. Discussion: The results were expressed according to theoretical bases and clinical findings were discussed.