Reliability generalization study of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale for children and adolescents
José Antonio López-Pina1, Julio Sánchez-Meca, José Antonio López-López
1a Department of Basic Psychology and Methodology , University of Murcia , Spain.
Abstract:
The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale for children and adolescents (CY-BOCS) is a frequently applied test to assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms. We conducted a reliability generalization meta-analysis on the CY-BOCS to estimate the average reliability, search for reliability moderators, and propose a predictive model that researchers and clinicians can use to estimate the expected reliability of the CY-BOCS scores. A total of 47 studies reporting a reliability coefficient with the data at hand were included in the meta-analysis. The results showed good reliability and a large variability associated to the standard deviation of total scores and sample size.
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