A comparative study of obsessive- rumination component on obsessive-compulsive and depressive patients

Introduction: Obsessive rumination is a component which plays an important role in depression and obsessive- compulsive states. It leads to dept and continue others psychological disorders. In this study, rate of obsessive rumination on depressive and obsessive- compulsive’s patients was studied. Materials and Methods: This is a causal-comparative study which was performed on 60 patient and 60 normal subjects that randomly were selected. 30 patients with depression (15 women, 15 men), and 30 obsessive- compulsive patients (15 women, 15 men) from clinics and psychiatric centers of Tehran and Semnan cities were selected randomly. 60 normal subjects (30 women, 30 men) who were matched in age, sex and job, randomly selected from the same places. Depression and Obsessive - compulsive questioners were selected as tools and used for collecting data. Multivariate analyze variance was used for analyzing data. Results: It was found significant differences obsessive in rumination between three groups (normal, obsessive – compulsive and depression).Components of isolation and tendency to explanatory in depressive patients were more than normal subjects. Rate of repeating feeling about problems, worrying about unsolved problems, and also self-criticizing was significantly more in depressive and obsessive patients than normal subjects. Conclusion: These findings indicated that obsessive-rumination factor plays an important role in depressive and obsessive–compulsive. Thus, obsessive-rumination treatment is needed base on psychotherapy programs, modification of inefficiency attitudes, teaching thought control and learning problem solving skills.