Criterion Validity of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Second Edition for Diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Adults

Criterion Validity of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Second Edition for Diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Adults

Background: While the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Second Edition (Y-BOCS-II) is the gold-standard for measurement of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptom severity, its factor structure is still a matter of debate and, most importantly, criterion validity for diagnosis of OC disorder (OCD) has...

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Main Authors: Pedro Castro-Rodrigues, Marta Camacho, Sílvia Almeida, Mónica Marinho, Catarina Soares, J. Bernardo Barahona-Corrêa, Albino J. Oliveira-Maia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale—Second Edition (Y-BOCS-II)
obsessive-compulsive disorder
psychometric properties
criterion validity
Portuguese language
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00431/full

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