Findings suggest that MBIs decrease the intensity of pain for chronic pain patients. We discuss implications for understanding mechanisms of change in MBIs.

The present study demonstrates a relation between depressive symptoms and the course of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in OCD patients, irrespective of a current diagnosis of MDD and the sequence of onset of OCD and MDD.

Depressive comorbidity in OCD might constitute a functional consequence of the incapacitating OCD symptoms. Both OCD and depression symptoms demonstrated strong stability effects between two-year and four-year follow up, which may explain the lack of association between them in that period. Among OCD patients, secure attachment represents a buffer against future depressive symptoms.

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Objective Relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD) is a manifestation of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that refers to obsessions, doubts, and compulsive behaviours focusing on one's relationship and relationship partner. ROCD symptoms occur in various types of relationships including parent–child dyads, involving obsessional preoccupations with the perceived flaws of one's child (parent–child ROCD symptoms). Such preoccupations have been shown to be associated with decreased mood and significant parental distress. We examined the double self‐vulnerability hypothesis—that the co‐occurrence of parental contingency of self in specific domains (i.e., intelligence and appearance) and child‐value contingent self‐worth would be associated with increased parent–child ROCD symptoms. Method A total of 175 parents participated in the study and completed self‐report questionnaires to assess ROCD and depressive symptoms and parental self‐contingencies. We used linear regression with simple slope analyses to estimate interaction effects. Results Parents whose self‐worth were strongly dependent on their child's perceived value showed higher parent–child ROCD symptoms, particularly when co‐occurring with parental intelligence and appearance self‐contingencies. These findings were maintained when controlling for depression symptoms, parental age, and gender. Conclusions Results supported the double self‐vulnerability hypothesis suggesting that parents with child‐value and domain‐relevant self‐vulnerabilities might be susceptible to child‐related obsessions. More research is needed to further explore susceptibility of vulnerable parents to the development and maintenance of parent–child ROCD symptoms.