The study of the relationship between metacognitive beliefs, attitude of responsibility and social support with obsession among secondary school students in Ramhormoz in the academic year of 1393-1393

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between metacognitive beliefs, attitude of responsibility and social support, with obsession among secondary school students in Ramhormoz, Khuzestan province in Iran during 2012-2013. This research is a descriptive-correlational study and is applicable in terms of purpose. The population of this study includes 1100 students (girls and boys) of secondary school in Ramhormoz. Using cluster sampling and stratified sampling methodology, as well as the research methodology books (Kordlooye, 1393), 200 students (100 girls and 100 boys) were selected as sample and completed the questionnaire.To measure the variables of research, we have used Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (Fva et al., 2010), Responsive Attitude Questionnaire (Salkowkes, 2000), Metacognitive beliefs questionnaire (Wales, 1997), Social Support Questionnaire (White, 2004) Which were of reliability (0.88, 0.87, 0.93 and 0.88 respectively). Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistical tests and Pearson correlation test. The results show that there is a direct relationship between metacognitive beliefs (0.367) and attitude of responsibility (392/0) and between the trustworthiness metacognitive beliefs (0.244) , positive beliefs about worries (0.400), cognitive status (0.284), dangerous thoughts(0.233) and the need to control thoughts (0.234) is a direct and meaningful relationship with obsession. According to the results, it can be concluded that increasing and decreasing meta-cognitive beliefs, attitude of responsibility and social support can decrease and increase obsession in secondary school students in Ramhormoz.