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Eduardo Fonseca Pedrero, Serafín Lemos Giráldez, María de las Mercedes Paino Piñeiro, Ursula Villazón García, Susana Sierra Baigrie, José Muñiz Fernández
The purpose of this paper was to study the psychometric properties of the Obsessional Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44) in nonclinical adolescents. Additionally, the factorial structure of obsessive cognitions and its relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms were also analysed. A sample of 508 adolescents was used, 49% of them being boys. The age range was 12-19, with a mean age of 14.9 (SD= 1.6).
The results indicated that the OBQ-44 has good psychometric properties. The internal consistency of the subscales ranged from 0.77 to 0.86. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that both the three-factor (Responsibility/Threat estimation, Importance/Control of thoughts and Perfectionism/Certainty) and the four-factor (Importance/Control of thoughts, Responsibility, Perfectionism/Certainty, and Threat estimation) models showed an adequate fit to the data.
Likewise, a statistically significant correlation was observed between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and obsessive beliefs. Consistent with previous literature, obsessive cognitions presented a multifactorial structure and were found to be associated to obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Hence, the OBQ-44 can be considered an adequate measurement instrument for the assessment of dysfunctional beliefs in nonclinical populations.
