The Icelandic version of the dimensional obsessive compulsive scale (DOCS) and its relationship with obsessive beliefs

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-156

  Ólafsson, Ragnar P ^a,b   Arngrímsson, Jóhann B ^a   Árnason, Páll ^a   Kolbeinsson, Thráinn ^a   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^c,d   Kristjánsson, Árni ^a,e   Ólason, Daníel Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Beliefs; DOCS; Factor structure; OCD; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIMENSIONAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE 44; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE INVENTORY REVISED; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT FORM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDITY; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 84875269162     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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