title: Psychometric Properties of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) in Chilean Children and Adolescents.
abstract: In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in the development of assessment tools for obsessive-compulsive symptomatology in children and adolescents. The Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) is a well-established assessment self-report, with special interest for the assessment of dimensions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This instrument has shown to be useful for clinical and non-clinical populations in two languages (English and European Spanish). Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the OCI-CV in a Chilean community sample. The sample consisted of 816 children and adolescents with a mean age of 14.54 years (SD = 2.21; range = 10-18 years). Factor structure, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent/divergent validity, and gender/age differences were examined. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a 6-factor structure (Doubting/Checking, Obsessing, Hoarding, Washing, Ordering, and Neutralizing) with one second-order factor. Good estimates of reliability (including internal consistency and test-retest), evidence supporting the validity, and small age and gender differences (higher levels of OCD symptomatology among older participants and women, respectively) are found. The OCI-CV is also an adequate scale for the assessment of obsessions and compulsions in a general population of Chilean children and adolescents.
authors: Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
authors: Agustín E
authors: AE
authors: Martínez-González
authors: Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain.
authors: Tíscar
authors: T
authors: Rodríguez-Jiménez
authors: Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain.
authors: José A
authors: JA
authors: Piqueras
authors: School of Psychology, University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
authors: Pablo
authors: P
authors: Vera-Villarroel
authors: Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Godoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report