Paper Title
Role of Resilience in Relationship between Functional & Dysfunctional Negative Emotions and Wellbeing in Individuals with Obsessive –Compulsive Disorder
Abstract
Background:Individuals with OCD feel urge to repeat compulsion or mental acts until the experience of relief in anxiety and distress.The negative emotions can affect the severity in OCD and play role in wellbeing of Individuals with OCD.Resilience has a direct relationship with wellbeing it refers to the ability to cope with and adapt to new environment. This study aims to study role of resilience in presence of Functional and dysfunctional negative emotions.
Method: The present study investigated the relation between resilience, functional and dysfunctional negative emotion and psychological wellbeing in 150 patients with OCD.
Result:Results showed that functional and dysfunctional negative emotion was negatively correlated to resilience and wellbeing.Additionally, resilience was positively associated with psychological wellbeing. Further analyses showed that resilience moderated the relationship between functional negative emotion and psychological wellbeing. Though, no significant interaction of resilience was found between dysfunctional negative emotions and psychological wellbeing.
Conclusion:Examining these relationships thus aids in improving understanding of emotions and the development of therapeutic strategies for improved therapeutic results.
Keywords - Resilience, Functional and dysfunctional negative emotions, psychological wellbeing, obsessive compulsive disorder