ERIC Number: EJ874574
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Publication Date: 2010-Mar
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Development and Validation of a Child Version of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory
Foa, Edna B.; Coles, Meredith; Huppert, Jonathan D.; Pasupuleti, Radhika V.; Franklin, Martin E.; March, John
Behavior Therapy, v41 n1 p121-132 Mar 2010
Surprisingly, only 3 self-report measures that directly assess pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been developed. In addition, these scales have typically been developed in small samples and fail to provide a quick assessment of symptoms across multiple domains. Therefore, the current paper presents initial psychometric data for a quick assessment of pediatric OCD across multiple symptom domains, a child version of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (the OCI-CV). Data from a sample of over 100 youth ages 7 to 17 with a primary "DSM-IV" diagnosis of OCD support the use of the 21-item OCI-CV. Results support the use of the OCI-CV as a general index of OCD symptom severity and in 6 symptom domains parallel to those assessed by the revised adult version of the scale (OCI-R). The OCI-CV showed strong retest reliability after approximately 1.5 weeks in a subsample of 64 participants and was significantly correlated with clinician-rated OCD symptom severity and parent and child reports of dysfunction related to OCD. Significantly stronger correlations with self-reported anxiety than with depressive symptoms provide initial support for the divergent validity of the measure. Finally, preliminary data with 88 treatment completers suggest that the OCI-CV is sensitive to change. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Construction, Test Validity, Psychometrics, Severity (of Disability), Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals), Mental Disorders, Pediatrics, Clinical Diagnosis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adults, Correlation, Anxiety
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