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- Title
The Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Form of the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity.
- Authors
İNÖZÜ, Müjgan; KESER, Emrah; KARANCI, Ayşe Nuray
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of the present study was to adapt the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS), which was developed by Abramowitz and his colleagues (2002), for Turkish intervention and to evaluate its psychometric properties on a cohort of students a cohort of nonclinical university students. Method: The sample of the present study consisted of 444 undergraduate university students between ages of 18 and 25. All participants were asked to complete a battery of self-report measures including the PIOS, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Clark-Beck Obsessive Compulsive Inventory, and Penn State Worry Inventory. Following a period of approximately 4 weeks, a sub-sample of the participants was asked to complete the questionnaires for a second time. Results: Consistent with the findings of the original study (Abromowitz et al. 2002), explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the two-dimensional structure of the Turkish version of the PIOS. However, distribution of the items on the two factors showed some cultural differences that might be specific to the Turkish culture. The results revealed acceptable test-retest and internal consistency coefficients as well as good construct, convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity information for the Turkish version of the PIOS. These findings can be used in the Turkish culture to evaluate individual differences in terms of scrupulosity symptoms. Conclusion: The results indicated good reliability and validity information for the Turkish version of the PIOS, which supports the cross-cultural nature of the scale.
- Subjects
PSYCHOMETRICS; SCRUPLES; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOLOGICAL techniques
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Psychiatry, 2017, Vol 28, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1300-2163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5080/u14879