title: Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) in a Spanish community sample of children and adolescents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a growing interest in designing instruments to assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms in children. The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) has showed to be a valid in the evaluation of OCD in clinical and nonclinical populations. The main goal in this study was to analyze factor structure and psychometric properties of the OCI-CV in a community Spanish sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from 914 children/adolescents with a mean age of 13.01 (SD = 1.96; Males = 51.3%). Exploratory factor analysis was carried out in order to study the internal structure of the OCI-CV Spanish version. Further, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of the total score and the factors obtained were examined. Finally, age and gender differences were also explored.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Exploratory factor analysis yielded a similar structure to the original OCI-CV with the following six factors: Washing/Checking, Obsession, Ordering, Doubting, Neutralizing, and Hoarding. The internal consistency was strong for the total score, but moderate for the subscales. The Spanish version of the OCI-CV showed evidences of test-retest reliability and convergent and discriminant validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Spanish version of the OCI-CV is an instrument with adequate psychometric properties to assess obsessions and compulsions in Spanish children/adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Murcia.
authors.forename: Ana I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Rosa-Alcázar
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruiz-García
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iniesta-Sepúlveda
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López-Pina
authors.forename: Ángel
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Rosa-Alcázar
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Parada-Navas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D000067836:Hoarding Disorder; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012494:Sampling Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D014505:Urban Population