51. Development and initial validation of the obsessive belief questionnaire-child version (OBQ-CV)
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Meredith E. Coles, Ingrid Söchting, Stephen P. Whiteside, Lidewij H. Wolters, Else de Haan, Ashley S. Pietrefesa, ANS - Amsterdam Neuroscience, and Child Psychiatry
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Male ,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ,Validation study ,Adolescent ,Personality Inventory ,Psychometrics ,Culture ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Developmental psychology ,Cognition ,Cronbach's alpha ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Internal consistency ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Netherlands ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Reproducibility of Results ,Test (assessment) ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Convergent validity ,North America ,Psychiatric status rating scales ,Anxiety ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology - Abstract
Background: Cognitive models of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) propose that beliefs are important in the etiology and maintenance of OCD and that these beliefs develop during childhood [Neal et al., 1991: Psychol Bull 109:400–410; Rachman, 1997: Behav Res Ther 35:793–802; Cronbach, 1951: Psychometrika 16:297–334]. However, the ability to test these predictions has been hampered by the lack of a standardized measure of OCD-related beliefs for youth. Therefore, this article presents initial data on a youth version of the widely used Obsessive Belief Questionnaire (OBQ) [Bonett, 2002: J Educ Behav Stat 27:335–340]. Methods: Data examining the psychometric properties of the Obsessive Belief Questionnaire-Child Version (OBQ-CV) are presented from two pediatric OCD samples: a North American (n=29, aged 9–17 years) and a Dutch sample (n=48, aged 8–18 years). Results: Preliminary findings from both samples support the internal consistency, retest reliability, and convergent validity of the OBQ-CV. Conclusions: Results of this study suggest that the OBQ-CV is a promising tool for examining the role of cognitions in pediatric OCD. Development of the OBQ-CV to augment the existing adult version of the scale creates unique opportunities for investigating the role of cognitions in OCD across the lifespan. Depression and Anxiety, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- 2010