Associations between childhood trauma, intolerance of uncertainty, and symptom severity in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Hasan Ünver, Safiye Zeynep Tatlı, Tayfun Öz, İbrahim Hakkı Karakuş, Mehmet Rıdvan Varlı, Aybüke Demir, Kübra Özcan Çetin, İbrahim Gündoğmuş · 2026
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Hasan Ünver and co-authors examine childhood trauma, discomfort with uncertainty, and symptom severity in obsessive-compulsive disorder in a 2026 study. Trauma is common in OCD, yet its link to how bad symptoms get has been uneven, so the team tested whether intolerance of uncertainty carries part of that link.
Eighty-two patients and 82 matched healthy controls completed trauma, uncertainty, and severity scales. Patients scored higher on every trauma type and on uncertainty measures, and physical abuse was the only trauma type tied to severity inside the patient group. Path analysis showed uncertainty partly carried the trauma effect: once it entered the model, the direct trauma link faded. Easing uncertainty fears may personalize OCD care.
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| CREATOR | Hasan Ünver, Safiye Zeynep Tatlı, Tayfun Öz, İbrahim Hakkı Karakuş, Mehmet Rıdvan Varlı, Aybüke Demir, Kübra Özcan Çetin, İbrahim Gündoğmuş |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34281 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |