The Role of Mental Imagery in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Explorative Study

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dc.contributor.authorRoy, Shrayasien_US
dc.contributor.authorTarafder, Sreemoyeeen_US
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Rupamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:44:59Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:44:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: The present study aimed to investigate how mental imagery affects the manifestation of symptoms among people with OCD, considering its impact on symptom severity. Methodology: For the said purpose, we compared people with OCD (n=30) with a clinical control group (people suffering from Schizophrenia; (n=30) and community control group (n=30). Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (assess symptom severity of OCD), Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (spontaneity of imagery), Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (vividness of imagery) along with Mental Clock Task (ability to generate images), Change Detection Task (maintenance of imagery), Match to Sample Task (image inspection), Mental Rotation Task (image manipulation-transformation), Ambiguous Figure Task (image restructuring) and Image Combination Task (mental synthesis) were used in the study. Results: The result suggests that there is a difference in terms of the spontaneous use of mental imagery in daily life among the three groups. Regression analysis showed that the Image Generation and Image Manipulation-Transformation capacity plays a role in the manifestation or maintenance of Obsessive and Compulsive symptoms in OCD. Both the factors independently predict the symptom severity of Obsessive Compulsive disorder, but not in Schizophrenia.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsResearch Scholar, Department of Psychology, West Bengal State University, Barasaten_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, West Bengal State University, Barasaten_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsState Aided College Teacher, Department of Psychology, Sarojini Naidu Collegeen_US
dc.identifier.citationRoy Shrayasi, Tarafder Sreemoyee, Banerjee Rupam. The Role of Mental Imagery in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Explorative Study. Indian Journal of Mental Health. 2021 Sep; 8(3): 330-338en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6652
dc.identifier.issn2394-4579
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/222757
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherDesousa Foundationen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.30877/IJMH.8.3.2021.330-338en_US
dc.subjectObsessive-Compulsive Disorderen_US
dc.subjectSchizophreniaen_US
dc.subjectMental Imageryen_US
dc.subjectCognitive Tasksen_US
dc.titleThe Role of Mental Imagery in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Explorative Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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