The Polish adaptation of the Five-Factor Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory – Short Form (FFOCI-SF): A preliminary study

Abstract

health psychology report • volume 7(2), 9 original article background The Five-Factor Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Short Form (FFOCI-SF) is an instrument used to measure obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, which is one of the most widespread personality disorders. The FFOCI-SF is a shorter version of the FFOCI that was developed on the basis of the Five Factor Model of personality treated as a general framework for identifying different traits useful in describing maladaptive personality. This paper presents the psychometric parameters of the Polish adaptation of the FFOCI-SF. participants and procedure Our sample consisted of 328 respondents aged 18-75 (61% women) from Poland. The voluntary and anonymous procedure consisted of completing inventories in a selfreported, paper-and-pencil way. The respondents received the FFOCI-SF, the Personal Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) and the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2). results The findings suggest that there is acceptable internal consistency for most of the scales and some problems with the differentiation between some scales in factor analysis. Additionally, we present the hierarchical structure of the facets included in the instrument with two factors analogous to the metatraits of personality (Alpha and Beta). The criterion validity of the inventory was established by correlations on the one hand with Big Five traits (BFI-2) and on the other hand with another measure of the obsessivecompulsive personality disorder traits, namely appropriate scales from the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5). conclusions This study confirms that the FFOCI-SF is a valid measure for scientific purposes. In order to use it for diagnostic purposes, further research is suggested on clinical samples. The findings also suggest that the FFOCI-SF can be useful in exploring new solutions in structure of the obsessivecompulsive personality disorder facets.

Validation of the Five-Factor Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory in a Mental Health Sample

“…The FFOCI trait scales, which should be the main focus of interpretation, were meaningfully associated with the AMPD facets as hypothesized, except for two hypothesized associations with AMPD Perseveration. These findings appear generally consistent with the previous FFOCI literature (Crego et al, 2015; Klosowski et al, 2019). We discuss the associations with each of these conceptually relevant AMPD traits, AMPD impairment, and the overall AMPD–OCPD aggregate score next.…”

“…On the other hand, AMPD Perseveration was most strongly associated with FFOCI Excessive Worry, which was not hypothesized. These findings are also consistent with previous research (Crego et al, 2015; Klosowski et al, 2019) and thus merit some discussion. The AMPD includes Perseveration as one of the two core traits (along with Restricted Affectivity and Intimacy Avoidance) for its operationalization and this trait (at least as measured by PID-5) has consistently been associated with traditional DSM-IV / DSM-5 measures of OCPD (Bastiaens et al, 2016; Fossati et al, 2013; Liggett et al, 2017; Liggett & Sellbom, 2018).…”

“…The FFOCI scores appeared to be best aligned with rigid perfectionism from the AMPD perspective, with 10 FFOCI trait scales being meaningfully associated with this construct. Similarly, eight and seven FFOCI trait scales were meaningfully associated with AMPD Rigid Perfectionism in Crego et al (2015) and Klosowski et al (2019), respectively. Thus, the FFOCI emphasizes having high standards and a drive for faultlessness (i.e., Rigid Perfectionism) to such a degree to perhaps reflect some redundancy in the measurement of OCPD.…”

“…Even more importantly, FFOCI trait scales were hypothesized to be positively associated with their conceptually corresponding AMPD facet traits (see Table 1), except the hypothesized negative association between FFOCI Risk Aversion and AMPD Risk Taking. All hypotheses were based on both conceptual underpinnings of the various trait constructs as well as previous research showing associations of the FFOCI or FFOCI-SF trait scales with NEO-PI-R (Griffin et al, 2018; Samuel et al, 2012) and AMPD facets (Crego et al, 2015; Klosowski et al, 2019).…”

“…Griffin et al (2018) developed an FFOCI–Short Form (FFOCI-SF), with its 12 trait scales also showing convergent validity with conceptually corresponding NEO PI-R and HEXACO PI-R scales. Most recently, Klosowski et al (2019) examined a Polish version of the FFOCI-SF, which showed convergent validity in relation to conceptually relevant scales from the PID-5 in a nonclinical sample; in particular, the associations between the six FFOCI-SF conscientiousness scales and PID-5 Rigid Perfectionism were moderate to large (Klosowski et al, 2019).…”