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Psychometric Properties of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory: Child Version in Children and Adolescents with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

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The psychometric properties of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory–Child Version (OCI-CV) were examined in ninety-six youth with a primary/co-primary diagnosis of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). A confirmatory factor analysis revealed an acceptable model of fit with factors consisting of doubting/checking, obsessing, hoarding, washing, ordering, and neutralizing. The internal consistency of the OCI-CV total score was good, while internal consistency for subscale scores ranged from poor to good. The OCI-CV was modestly correlated with obsessive–compulsive symptom severity on the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) Severity Scale, as well as with clinician-reported OCD severity. All OCI-CV subscales significantly correlated with the corresponding CY-BOCS Symptom Checklist dimension. The OCI-CV significantly correlated with child-reported depressive symptoms and OCD-related functional impairment, but was not significantly correlated with parent-reported irritability or clinician-reported overall functioning. Taken together, these data suggest the psychometric properties of the OCI-CV are adequate for assessing obsessive–compulsive symptom presence among youth with OCD.

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  1. Please see [57] for a review of the Children’s Florida Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory (CFOCI), the Children’s Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory (CHOCI), and the Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version (LOI-CV).

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA

    Anna M. Jones, Elysse B. Arnold, Adam B. Lewin, Tanya K. Murphy & Eric A. Storch

  2. Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Alessandro S. De Nadai, Joseph F. McGuire & Eric A. Storch

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA

    Tanya K. Murphy & Eric A. Storch

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Rothman Center for Neuropsychiatry, University of South Florida, 880 6th Street South, Suite 460, Box 7523, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701, USA

    Eric A. Storch

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Jones, A.M., De Nadai, A.S., Arnold, E.B. et al. Psychometric Properties of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory: Child Version in Children and Adolescents with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 44, 137–151 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-012-0315-0

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