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TY - JOUR AU - Maham Kanwal , AU - Samra Zulfiqar*, AU - Hamile Fatima , AU - Kainat Fatima , PY - 2025/04/26 Y2 - 2026/06/25 TI - Relationship between Social Anxiety, Shaming Guilt and Psychological Distress in OCD JF - ` JA - ASSAJ VL - 3 IS - 02 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://www.assajournal.com/index.php/36/article/view/327 SP - 305-310 AB - <p>To find the association of social anxiety, psychological distress, and shaming guilt in obsessives compulsive disorder patients. A cross sectional study was conducted at Mental Health Institutes, General and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore from April 2023 to June 2023. Data collected of 100 patients that were diagnosed at least three-month, 19 years above age. Closed ended questioners’ tool was used for data collection. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 26 and the result was obtained. Findings suggest a significant positive relationship between Social Anxiety, Psychological Distress, and Shaming Guilt in OCD patients. Psychological Distress mediated the Relationship between Social Anxiety and Shaming Guilt. Various patterns of correlations that surfaced throughout this investigation are thought to have significant practical relevance. It was concluded that the moderating role of psychological distress between social anxiety and shaming guilt led to obsessive compulsive disorder. Psychological distress, social anxiety and shaming guilt showed positively significant association among OCD patients.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Social Anxiety, Shaming Guilt and Psychological Distress in OCD</p> ER -