Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS)
| Autor: | Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Lotte Duppen, M. Kampman, William M. van der Veld, Gert-Jan Hendriks |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050103 clinical psychology
05 social sciences Stress-related disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 13] Discriminant validity Test sensitivity Test validity 030227 psychiatry Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment 03 medical and health sciences All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center 0302 clinical medicine Convergent validity Internal consistency Obsessive compulsive scale 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Measurement invariance Psychology Self report Applied Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37, 183-192 European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37, 3, pp. 183-192 |
| ISSN: | 2151-2426 1015-5759 |
| DOI: | 10.1027/1015-5759/a000600 |
| Popis: | Item does not contain fulltext The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) is a self-report questionnaire aimed to measure the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms on four thematically different symptom dimensions (contamination, responsibility for harm, unacceptable thoughts, and symmetry and completeness). The DOCS was developed in the US in response to the insufficiency of existing OCD measures. The 20-item scale is used in research and clinical settings. We translated the DOCS into Dutch and examined the psychometric properties in a clinical sample. In addition, we further examined the US version of DOCS with respect to measurement invariance between patient and non-patients and also between the US and the Dutch version of the DOCS. The analyses showed that the Dutch version is a valid and reliable version of the DOCS. Measurement invariance tests indicated that patient scores can be validly compared with non-patient scores. Therefore, the DOCS is a good instrument to monitor the development of OCD, for example, during treatment. The same result was found for the US DOCS and the Dutch DOCS, hence US scores and Dutch scores can be validly compared. With these two studies we have extended our knowledge of the DOCS, beyond the common psychometric properties. 10 p. |
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