The Comparison of Coping Strategies and Quality of Attachment in Students with and without Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Background and Coping strategies and quality of attachment are important variables in mental health of children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to compare quality of attachment and coping strategies in students with and without Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
The statistical population was consisted all elementary school female students of fourth and fifth grades in Shiraz city in 2016. .In this study, 60 female students with and without OCD were selected by convenience sampling method as a sample (30 students in each group). To collect the data, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Goodman & et al, 1989), Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment- Revised for children (Gullon & Robinson, 2005) and Children’s Coping Behavior Questionnaire (Brittany & Hernandez, 2008) were used. Data were analyzed using Multivariable analyze of variance.
Results of MANOVA revealed that children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have greater self-alienation (P Early diagnosis of problems in coping strategies and quality of attachment and appropriate intervention can have a positive effect in prevention and treatment of OCD.