The relationship between obsessive and compulsive symptoms among primary school students of the Tetova region, North Macedonia
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Obsessions, Compulsions, School Success, GenderAbstract
The qualitative method was the research method used in this study as the most appropriate to the purpose, objectives, and research questions of the study. The purpose of this study is to analyze the presence of symptoms of obsession and compulsion in primary school students, as well as to investigate whether there are differences in these symptoms in terms of gender and school success. The sample in this paper consists of (N=287) subjects, both males (N=151/ 52.6%) and (N=136/ 47.4%) females, aged between 12-16 years, students in 10 schools in the region of Tetova. Results: The results show that obsessive and compulsive symptoms are found in the investigated students at a sub-average level, which means that we do not have the presence of obsessive and compulsive symptoms as a disorder in the investigated sample. Obsessive and compulsive symptoms result in a high relationship and the obtained result has statistical significance with correlation (r=0.758, p<0.01), with the presence of obsessive thoughts we also have an increase in compulsive actions or the opposite. There are no significant statistical differences between obsessive actions according to gender. T-test data shows that there are statistically significant differences with obtained values (df=285), (F=464), (sig=0.36) in terms of compulsive symptoms according to gender, male students have reached an average of (M=6.82) with a standard deviation of (SD=4.70), while the female students have reached an average of (M=7.96). We find that there are no significant statistical differences between school success and obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions. In obsessive thoughts we have (df=3), (F=1.53), (sig=0.20) while in compulsive actions we have (df=3), (F=0.65) (sig=0.58).
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