Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Children's Saving Inventory in a Clinical Sample

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Mehmet Akif Akıncı1, Bahadır Turan2, Ali Çakır3

  • 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.

The Eurasian Journal of Medicine
|November 1, 2023
PubMed

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The Turkish version of the Children's Saving Inventory (CSI) is a valid and reliable tool for assessing hoarding behavior in children and adolescents. This study confirms its psychometric properties in a clinical sample, supporting its use in Türkiye.

Area of Science:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Psychometrics
  • Mental Health Research

Background:

  • Hoarding behavior in children and adolescents requires accurate assessment tools.
  • The Children's Saving Inventory (CSI) is a key instrument for measuring hoarding tendencies.
  • Validating international tools for local populations is crucial for clinical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Children's Saving Inventory (CSI).
  • To establish the reliability and validity of the CSI for assessing hoarding behavior in Turkish children and adolescents.
  • To confirm the CSI's utility in a clinical sample diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of 52 children and adolescents (8-17 years) diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder participated.
  • The Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) was used for diagnosis.
  • The Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist (CY-BOCS), Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV), and CSI were administered.

Main Results:

  • The 20-item CSI Turkish version demonstrated good internal consistency.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis supported a 4-factor structure for the scale.
  • The CSI showed convergent and discriminant validity with OCI-CV and CY-BOCS, confirming construct validity.

Conclusions:

  • The CSI Turkish version is a valid and reliable measure for assessing hoarding behavior in children and adolescents.
  • This validated instrument is essential for clinical research and practice in Türkiye.
  • The study supports the CSI's use in evaluating hoarding in pediatric clinical populations.
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