Department of Psychology, Binghamton University - State University of New York, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jun;300:113910. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113910. Epub 2021 Apr 1.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a great deal of anxiety for many individuals. Several papers have noted that individuals with OCD may be particularly negatively impacted by COVID-19, and that the threat of COVID-19 may impact treatment (Banerjee, 2020; Jassi et al., 2020; Sheu et al., 2020). The study presented herein examined OCD-related and COVID-related intrusions in a non-patient sample. Individuals with elevated OCD symptoms reported having both OCD and COVID intrusions at a similar frequency. Further, OCD symptom severity was significantly correlated with the frequency of COVID related intrusions and the amount of distress they caused. However, distress from COVID related intrusions was not significantly correlated with OCD symptom severity. These results shed light on the similarities between reactions to objectively elevated threat and the perceptions of elevated threat experienced in OCD.
新冠疫情大流行给许多人带来了极大的焦虑。有几篇论文指出，强迫症患者可能特别容易受到新冠疫情的负面影响，而且新冠疫情的威胁可能会影响治疗（Banerjee，2020；Jassi 等人，2020；Sheu 等人，2020）。本文研究了非患者样本中与强迫症相关的和与新冠疫情相关的闯入性思维。强迫症症状较高的个体报告说，强迫症和新冠疫情闯入性思维的发生频率相似。此外，强迫症症状严重程度与新冠相关闯入性思维的频率及其引起的困扰程度显著相关。然而，新冠相关闯入性思维引起的困扰与强迫症症状严重程度无显著相关性。这些结果揭示了对客观升高的威胁的反应与强迫症中经历的升高的威胁的感知之间的相似之处。
