The Revised Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version: Adaptation, psychometric properties, and norms in Turkish culture

The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV), which was developed to assess OCD symptoms in children and adolescents, was recently revised (OCI-CV-R) after hoarding was removed as an OCD symptom dimension in the DSM-5. The study aimed to examine the validity of the OCI-CV-R for assessing OCD symptoms in Turkish culture. A total of 1,062 youths, aged 9 to 18 years, participated in this study to assess the OCI-CV-R's psychometric properties in the Turkish culture. Analysis included factor analyses and assessments of validity and reliability. Results demonstrated that the Turkish version of the OCI-CV-R had good model fit values for the five-factor structure of the scale. The revised scale also revealed measurement invariance between two age groups: children (ages 9-11) and adolescents (ages 12-18). The findings indicate that the OCI-CV-R is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing OCD symptoms among Turkish-speaking populations and thus can replace the previous version. (Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 89[1], 70-90)