Validation and reliability measurement of the Schedule of Compulsions, Obsessions, and Pathological Impulses (SCOPI)

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Introduction:Schedule of Compulsions, Obsessions, and Pathological Impulses(SCOPI) is a 47- self report questionnaire that is provided for measuring of obsessive- compulsive disorder. This questionnair includes 5 subscales: compulsive ritual, obsessive checking, obsessive cleanliness, pathological impulses and hoarding. The aim of this study was extracting psychometrics features and factor structure of the Schedule of Compulsions, Obsessions, and Pathological Impulses(SCOPI).
Method:The questionnaire is completed by a sample of 277(136 male, 141 female) Tabriz university students that were selected using cluster sampling. The questionnaire´s reliability evaluated by the method of internal consistency. For getting convergent validity MoudsleyObsessive- Compulsive Inventory and Obsessive- Compulsive Inventory- Revised were used.
Results: Reliability coefficient evaluated by internal consistency were higher than 0.70. Exploratory factor analysis indicated that4 solution factor had better fitness and the factors includedobsessive checking, obsessive cleanliness, pathological impulses and hoarding. The compulsive ritual items loaded on obsessive cleanliness factor. In addition confirmatory factor analysis showed the fitness of the 4 factored model.
Conclusion: Based on the results of the present research, it is concluded that the Schedule of Compulsions, Obsessions, and Pathological Impulses (SCOPI) has enough validity and reliability. 

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Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume 9, Issue 3 - Serial Number 35
December 2017
Pages 23-34

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  • Receive Date: 06 March 2015
  • Accept Date: 24 December 2017

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