Relationship between the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Dimensions, Severity and Insight in Adolescents: An Iranian Sample

Aims: The goal of the present study was to assess the relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder dimensions and severity with insight into an adolescent’s population. Materials & Methods: This study was done in Iran. The study sample included 84 adolescents with OCD according to DSM-5. The participants completed materials of Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV), Children Depression Questionnaire (CDQ), Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-Severity Rating (CY-BOCS-SR), and Child Assessment of Belief Scale (CABS). Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics’ indices, Pearson correlation, separation coefficient, and multi-variant regression, using SPSS. Findings: There was a strong positive relationship between the hoarding dimension and delusional insight. Also, severity, ordering, and doubting/checking were significantly correlated with insight, while this result disappeared by controlling the hoarding dimension via partial correlation. Moreover, adolescents with more symptoms of hoarding demonstrated a significantly higher score in OCI-CV, severity and delusional insight but not in the depression inventory. Conclusion: Findings of the present study consistent with prior findings suggest a non-significant relationship between OCD clinical dimensions and insight in adolescents.