Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and scrupulosity among Muslims living in the United States
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Akbar, Saima A.
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Abstract
- Rates of scrupulosity (OC symptoms related to beliefs about sin and/or morality) tend to be higher in Muslim-majority countries, even though OCD prevalence seems to be generally consistent across many countries. American Muslims (N = 32) participants completed an online self-report battery in order to expand knowledge about obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptom presentation in American Muslims in relation to other factors, such as immigration status, religiosity, and culture. There was no correlation between religiosity and scrupulosity, although there was a significant correlation between religious compulsions and OC symptoms but not religious identity or immigration status. Of the studied variables, general distress and religious compulsions emerged as a significant predictor of OC symptoms but not religious identity or immigration status. Clinical implications and limitations are discussed.
- Date of publication
- spring 2016
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- Funding: David Bray Peele Memorial Research Award
- Advisor
- Abramowitz, Jonathan
- Degree
- Bachelor of Science
- Honors level
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- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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