title: Development and validation of a child version of the obsessive compulsive inventory.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadlephia, PA 19104, USA. foa@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Edna B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Foa
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coles
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Huppert
authors.forename: Radhika V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Pasupuleti
authors.forename: Martin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: March
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors