The mediator role of marital satisfaction between the attachment styles and relationship-centered and partner-focused obsessive compulsive symptoms

Insecure attachment in close relationships in adulthood affects the quality of the relationship and is closely related to various psychopathologies. Relationship-centered and partner-oriented obsessions and compulsions are concepts that have been introduced to the literature in recent years and are considered an important part of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Although previ-ous studies investigated the associations between insecure attachment patterns and relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder in individuals in romantic relationships, the mediator role of mari-tal satisfaction in this relationship has not been examined. The aim of this study was to investi-gate the mediational role of marital satisfaction between the relationship adult attachment styles and relationship-centered and partner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The sample of the study consisted of 380 married individuals (200 females, 180 males) between the ages of 22-70 (M = 40.75, SD = 10.57) living in Istanbul, Turkey. Participants completed the Sociodemo-graphic Information Form, Experiences in Close Relationship Scale-Revised (ECR-R), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (ROCI) and, Partner-Related Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Inventory (PROCSI). Findings indicated that marital satisfaction demonstrated a mediational role between insecure attachment styles and relation-ship-centered and partner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms. These results implicate that clinicians might consider the role of the insecure attachment styles and marital satisfaction in the treatment of relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder.