Obsessive Compulsive Inventory – Child Version (OCI-CV): Confirmatory factor analysis, reliability, validity and correlates among Nigerian adolescents

Abstract

BackgroundObsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS) have not been studied among Nigerian adolescents, despite studies in developed countries reporting that almost 90% of affected adolescents do not receive any treatment. The availability of a psychometrically valid and reliable instrument will serve as an initial step towards the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of Nigerian adolescent obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).AimsThe aim of this study was to examine the psychometric characteristics as well as correlates of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory — Child Version (OCI-CV) in a non-clinical sample of Nigerian adolescents.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study involving 1017 adolescents who completed the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). The model fit of the OCI-CV 6 factors was examined through confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was determined by calculating the McDonald's Omega hierarchical (ωh) values while its concurrent validity was examined through correlational analyses.ResultsThe overall internal consistency of the OCI-CV was 0.96. The indices of fitness obtained on subjecting the 21 items of the OCI-CV to CFA indicated modestly acceptable indices of fitness despite satisfactory item loading on the 6 subscales. Statistically significant correlations were observed between OCI-CV and the other study measures. OCS was reported by 37.8%.ConclusionThe OCI-CV has exhibited satisfactory psychometric properties among Nigerian adolescents.

Relationship between Cognitive Strategies of Emotion Regulation and Dimensions of Obsessive–Compulsive Symptomatology in Adolescents

“…These findings are consistent with several studies conducted in adolescent populations [41][42][43][44]. However, other studies did not find the gender differences in adolescents [15,36,45,46]. Therefore, it could be argued that this is a topic on which there is some controversy, and more research is still needed to reach a consensus.…”

International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder

“…The OCI-CV has been validated in clinical and non-clinical populations in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. It has demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .83 -.91) and acceptable test-retest reliability (r = 0.77 -0.82; ICC = .85 -.92) in clinical and nonclinical populations (67,(126)(127)(128)(129)(130), with some evidence for its sensitivity to change (67). A parent-version of the OCI-CV is not currently available, and the Standard Set recommends collecting only youth report until a matching parentreport becomes available.…”

Validity and clinical utility of the obsessive compulsive inventory - child version: further evaluation in clinical samples

“…Previous validation studies of the OCI-CV, carried out in both clinical OCD samples [5,11,12] and community samples [12][13][14][15][16][17][18], have found it to be a reliable and valid measure of OCD, and to possesses a 6-factor structure. For example, in the original validation study employing a clinical sample (N = 100; aged 7 to 17 years) of youth with OCD, the authors observed a 6-factor structure, good test-retest reliability, and adequate sensitivity to change in the overall severity of OCD symptoms during treatment [5].…”