Adapting the Child Version of Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory into Turkish: The Study of Reliability and Validity

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to adapt Child Version of obsessive compulsive inventory developed by Foa, Coles, Huppert, Franklin and March (2010) into Turkish culture. The work group of the study is formed of 1187 secondary and high school students, 633 boys and 604 girls, who get educated in Erzurum city center and were selected with appropriate sampling method. Experts’ opinions were asked for language validity of the scale in adaptation process and after the language validity had been granted, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used to determine the scale’s adaptation level to Turkish culture, and it was found that the model fit indices of the six-factor structure of the scale are at good level. The model fit of this six-factor structure of the scale was tested with Confirmatory Factor Analysis and model fit indices were found to be in good level. The internal consistency coefficient was found as .86 for the total scale and .73, .76, .81, .78, .79 and .78, respectively for the sub-dimensions. According to the evidence obtained through the study, the child form of obsessive compulsive symptoms scale is a valid and reliable assessment tool to use in the analysis of factors related obsessive compulsive disorder.