مجلة الجامع في الدراسات النفسية والعلوم التربوية
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 933-950
2025-12-07

Irrational Beliefs And Their Relationship To Obsessive-compulsive Disorder In A Sample Of Patients With Heart Disease A Field Study At The 240-bed Mixed Hospital In Laghouat

Authors : Farsi Ibrahim Elkhalil .

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between irrational beliefs and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and examined whether statistically significant differences in these variables existed based on gender among a sample of heart patients. The study employed two specialized measurement tools—one for irrational beliefs and another for OCD—administered to a random sample of 30 individuals from the target population. A descriptive correlational research design was utilized, given its suitability for the study's objectives. Statistical analysis using SPSS revealed several key findings: a strong positive correlation exists between irrational beliefs and OCD in heart patients; both irrational beliefs and OCD are prevalent at high levels within this patient group; and crucially, no statistically significant gender-based differences (at the p ≤ 0.05 level) were found in either irrational beliefs or OCD among the sample of heart patients. - Keywords: Irrational beliefs, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Heart patients

Keywords

Irrational beliefs, ; Obsessive-compulsive disorder, ; Heart patients