Reliability and validity of the Child Behavior Checklist Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Article

Storch, EA, Murphy, TK, Bagner, DM et al. (2006). Reliability and validity of the Child Behavior Checklist Obsessive-Compulsive Scale . JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS, 20(4), 473-485. 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.06.002

cited authors

  • Storch, EA; Murphy, TK; Bagner, DM; Johns, NB; Baumeister, AL; Goodman, WK; Geffken, GR

authors

abstract

  • This study examined the psychometric properties of the Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (OCS) of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Participants included 48 youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 41 with a non-OCD internalizing disorder, and 101 with an externalizing disorder. Confirmatory factor analysis of the 8-item OCS did not result in an adequate fit. Exploratory factor analysis identified a 1-factor model consisting of 6 items. Adequate internal consistency for the revised OCS (OCS-R) was obtained, and convergent validity was supported by moderate relationships with other OCD indices. The OCS-R had stronger associations with measures of OCD symptoms than with measures of depression and externalizing behaviors. Youth with OCD had significantly higher OCS-R scores than those with internalizing and externalizing disorders. Suggestions for cutoff scores are provided using results from ROC analyses. Overall, these findings suggest that the OCS-R is a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of pediatric OCD. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

publication date

  • May 5, 2006

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start page

  • 473

end page

  • 485

volume

  • 20

issue

  • 4