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Asiye Şengül Avşar1, Volkan Avşar2
1Department of Measurement and Evaluation in Education, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey.
International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
|December 19, 2022
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted mental health, increasing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. This study developed the COVID-19-specific obsessive compulsive symptoms scale (C19-OCS) to reliably measure these issues.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Public Health
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted global mental health.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms are a notable consequence of the pandemic.
- A need exists for a specific tool to assess these symptoms in the context of COVID-19.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a brief measurement tool for obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms related to COVID-19.
- To create the COVID-19-specific obsessive compulsive symptoms scale (C19-OCS).
Main Methods:
- Online data collection from 483 participants.
- Exclusion of participants with aberrant item scores.
- Psychometric evaluation including validity and reliability analyses of the C19-OCS.
Main Results:
- The C19-OCS demonstrated strong validity and reliability.
- The scale effectively measures OC symptoms associated with COVID-19.
- The C19-OCS is suitable for use in clinical and research settings.
Conclusions:
- The C19-OCS is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing COVID-19-related OC symptoms.
- Mental health professionals can utilize the C19-OCS for evidence-based interventions.
- The scale aids in understanding and addressing the mental health impact of the pandemic.
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