Association of relationship obsessive-compulsive symptoms with depression, anxiety and stress: Marriage and child related factors as moderators

This study was conducted to investigate the moderator role of child-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms and variables related to marital life in relationship between partner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms with depression, anxiety, and stress. For this purpose, firstly, the psychometric properties of the Parent-Child Related Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (PROCSI-PC), which assesses the child-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms, were evaluated by adapting it to Turkish. Then, the relationships between the variables were evaluated by using separate hierarchical regression analyses. With this purpose, the data were collected from 268 individuals who were married and had a child living in Turkey. The results of the validity and reliability study showed that the Turkish version of PROCSI-PC had a four-factor structure, unlike the original form. In addition, the results revealed that PROCSI-PC had concurrent and predictive validity and has high internal consistency. In the second stage, moderation analyses showed that parent-child focused OC symptoms played a moderator role between partner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms and depression and stress. In addition to this, among the marriage-related factors, marital satisfaction played a moderator role between partner-focused OC symptoms and anxiety and stress.