Death Anxiety in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Becker (0000-0002-9557-4968, University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum), Sarah Becker (LWL-University Hospital of Ruhr-University Bochum), Sie-In Lee-Grimm (LWL-University Hospital of Ruhr-University Bochum), Georg Juckel (0000-0001-9860-9620, LWL-University Hospital of Ruhr-University Bochum, corresponding author), Paraskevi Mavrogiorgou (0000-0002-9138-0445, LWL-University Hospital of Ruhr-University Bochum) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1903-1917 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228231215521 |
| PMID | 37963233 |
| OpenAlex | W4388665529 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
Objective: Death anxiety has long been attributed a role as a psychopathologically decisive factor in the development of mental illnesses such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). For example, patients with washing compulsions associate their behavior with a fear of life-threatening diseases or patients with control compulsions report that the constant checking is driven by the fear of fatal or deadly consequences for the occupants. Method: The Bochum Questionnaire to Assess Death Anxiety and Attitudes Towards Death (BOFRETTA) was administered to 31 patients with OCD and 31 healthy volunteers within a semi-structured interview using broad psychometry. Results: OCD patients showed increased death anxiety and negative attitute to death in comparison to healthy volunteers. A significant correlation was found between BOFRETTA-anxiety and the currently present religious obsessive thoughts. Conclusions: Our investigation provides further findings on the role of death anxiety and the problematic attitude towards death in OCD patients
Anxiety · Anxiety disorder · Cause of death · Death anxiety · Disease · Fear of death · Generalized anxiety · Obsessive compulsive · Psychiatry · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |