Psychometric properties of the Children's Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scale second edition in autistic youth.

Autor: Kook, Minjee, Yang, Michelle E., Usua, Mbonobong, Clinger, Jane, Schneider, Sophie C., Berry, Leandra N., Goin-Kochel, Robin, Wiese, Andrew, Riddle, David, Palo, Amanda, Townsend, Allie, Goodman, Wayne K., Storch, Eric A., Guzick, Andrew G.
Zdroj: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders; Apr2024, Vol. 41, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p
Abstrakt: Autism affects as many as one in 36 children, a majority of whom experience comorbid anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms share phenotypic similarities with autism characteristics (e.g., repetitive thoughts and behaviors) and some symptoms are difficult to disentangle (e.g., obsessions from specific interests/fixations). Hence, there is a need for OCD assessments that are validated to be used among autistic youth. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale - Second Edition (CY-BOCS-II) in 91 autistic youth seeking treatment for anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The CY-BOCS-II demonstrated strong convergent and divergent validity, internal consistency, and treatment sensitivity. The CY-BOCS-II is a psychometrically sound measure of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in autistic youth, although it should be evaluated across larger and more diverse samples. • The CY-BOCS-II demonstrated strong convergent and divergent validity as well as high internal consistency among 91 autistic youth. • The CY-BOCS-II demonstrated strong treatment sensitivity. • Clinicians should utilize OCD assessments tools that are validated for autistic youth. • Further research should examine the CY-BOCS-II psychometrics in a larger, diverse clinical sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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