Psychometric properties of a daily obsessive-compulsive symptom scale for ecological momentary assessment

Despite growing interest in ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in psychopathology and clinical observation of day-to-day fluctuations in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms, there is not a standardized EMA measure of such symptoms that can guide systematic research. In the absence of such a measure, prior EMA research in OCD has utilized heterogeneous approaches to sampling momentary and daily OCD symptoms, which limits the ability to compare results between studies. The present study sought to examine the psychometric properties of a daily OCD symptom (d-OCS) measure that assesses common OCD symptom themes (e.g., contamination, checking, intrusive thoughts) in a sample of adults with OCD (n = 20), psychiatric controls (n = 27), and healthy controls (n = 27). Participants completed the d-OCS 3 times per day for 1 week. The d-OCS distinguished those with OCD from psychiatric controls and healthy controls. The d-OCS demonstrated good internal consistency, adequate test-retest reliability, and good convergent validity. These findings offer initial psychometric support for the use of the d-OCS in EMA research examining day-to-day fluctuations in symptoms of OCD. Additional investigation is needed to examine the discriminant validity of the d-OCS and generalize these findings to more diverse samples.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

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Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders - 39(2023) vom: 04. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cox, Rebecca C [VerfasserIn]
Knowles, Kelly A [VerfasserIn]
Jessup, Sarah C [VerfasserIn]
Adamis, Alexandra M [VerfasserIn]
Olatunji, Bunmi O [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Assessment
Compulsions
Daily
Journal Article
Momentary
OCD
Obsessions

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100840

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363020802