Abstract:

It was aimed to examine the relationship between OCD symptoms and parents' attitudes towards children/adolescents, and marital conflicts in children/adolescents followed up with the diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the pandemic. Our study included 69 patients aged 7-18 years, who were followed up with the diagnosis of OCD in the child psychiatry outpatient clinic during the pandemic. The Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) was administered to all patients by a pediatric psychiatrist. Sociodemographic information form, Children’s Perceptions of Interparental Conflict Scale (CPICS) and Parenting Style Scale (PSS) were given. The mean CY-BOCS obsession score was 9.0±3.0, compulsion score was 9.5±3.2, the total obsession/compulsion score was 18.6±5.8. There was no significant difference between CY-BOCS sub-scores and sociodemographic characteristics. A significant difference was found between conflict trait and aggression obsession and being female, self-blame and illiteracy of the father, when the CPICS subtypes were examined. The difference between the CPICS conflict characteristics subscale and the negligent parental attitude was found to be significant. Psychological autonomy score, one of the PSS subscale scores, was found to be significantly higher in adolescents whose mothers were university graduates. Although there are few studies in the literature examining the effects of pandemic-related restrictions, it has been observed that there is no publication about the effect of domestic problems on OCD of children/adolescents in this period. For this reason, it is thought that our study will both contribute to the literature and be useful in terms of making necessary suggestions to parents.

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