Psychometric properties of Malay obsessive-compulsive inventory-child version (OCI-CV) in Malaysian perspectives
Categoria dell'articolo: Research Article
Pubblicato online: 30 nov 2022
Pagine: 114 - 122
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0012
Parole chiave
© 2022 Eusoff Fitri Sarnin, Shalisah Sharip, Idayu Badilla Idris, Syahnaz Mohd Hashim, Wan Salwina Wan Ismail, Fairuz Nazri Abdul Rahman, Norazlin Kamal, Zaleha Abdullah Mahady, NoorSharina Baharim, Gabriella E. Hamlett, Edna B. Foa, published by Sciendo
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Background
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of reliability and validity of OCI-CV in a non-clinical sample of Malaysian children and adolescents.
Method
Participants of school-age and adolescent students from Klang Valley School completed the 21-item Malay OCI-CV using Google Form. OCI-CV English version was translated backward and forward to the Malay language. Face validity was conducted first before distributing the questionnaire to the participants. Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of OCI-CV.
Results
A total of 102 school-age children and adolescents with a mean age of 15.96 years (male: 41.2%, female: 58.8%) participated in the study. The Malay OCI-CV showed high internal consistency, with Cronbach Alpha values of 0.90 for the whole scale. EFA showed multifactorial components. Five factors were labelled as “Washing / Ordering, Doubting, Obsessions, Checking, and Hoarding,”. In the CFA, the five-factor model indicates adequate fit indices of (χ2/df = 1.51, RMSEA = .071, GFI = .824, AGFI = .769, NFI = .724, CFI = .880).
Conclusion
The Malay OCI-CV has good psychometric properties and is suitable for use in the Malaysian context. Further validation studies should be conducted among a clinical population to enhance the generalization of this finding.