the effectiveness of a religious counseling program in reducing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder among philadelphia university students
The study seeks to identify the effectiveness of a religious counseling program in reducing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder among Philadelphia University students. The study population consisted of all students for the academic year 2018-2019, where the obsessive-compulsive measure was applied as a pre-test on students who have desire to participate in the program, they were (60). The sample was chosen from students who received moderate and high scores on the OCD scale were randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control) (20) students each group. To demonstrate the statistical differences significance between means (MANCOVA) was used, also (t) test was used for samples related to the experimental group scores on the post and follow-up scale. The results of statistical analysis showed, it is clear the effectiveness of the program in reducing OCD symptoms among Philadelphia University students, there were no statistically significant differences in response to the program due to gender, but there were due to faculty. (Published abstract)