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The Survey Form of the Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version: Norms from an Epidemiological Study

Year: 1988

Type: article

Abstract: In the first stage of a two-stage epidemiologic study of obsessive compulsive symptoms in nonreferred adolescents, 81.3% of a county-wide population of high school students ( N = 5596) completed a survey form of the Leyton Obsessional Inventory—Child Version. The 20-item self report inventory demonstrated good psychometric properties. Females scored slightly higher than males both for number of obsessional habits and degree of interference. At least 46% of the students reported ‘obsessional habits' in relation to cleanliness; less than 17% of students reported obsessional habits in relation to school work, numbers and luck. The entire sample rated obsessional schoolwork habits and indecisiveness as causing the most interference with their lives, while neatness and having a favorite number bothered them the least.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1097/00004583-198811000-00017

Authors: CAROL ZAREMBA BERG, AGNES WHITAKER, MARK DAVIES, MARTINE F. FLAMENT, JUDITH L. RAPOPORT

Institutions: National Institute of Mental Health, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,710