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Validation study of the Turkish version of the Yale—Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking in a group of male patients
Author(s) -
ILHAN INCI OZGUR,
DEMIRBAS HATICE,
DOGAN YILDIRIM B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595230600741255
Subject(s) - turkish , obsessive compulsive , psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cartography , geography , philosophy , linguistics
Psychometric properties of Turkish version of the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking (YBOCS‐hd) were examined in alcohol‐dependent male patients. Factor structure, internal consistency and discriminant validity of the YBOCS‐hd were analysed in a sample of 117 male patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence. To study its convergent validity, the YBOCS‐hd was correlated with the Addiction Severity Index in 34 of the patients. A test‐retest reliability study was performed on the data from 34 patients. Correlation between the YBOCS‐hd total score and the ASI Alcohol Use score was moderate (r = 0.51 ). One factor explained 50.2% of the variance. The YBOCS‐hd was able to discriminate the groups abstinent for less than 1 month and a second group with at least 1 month of abstinence. Test‐retest correlation was high (r = 0.81, ICC = 0.81). The Turkish version of the YBOCS‐hd proved to be a reliable and valid instrument measuring craving in alcohol‐dependent male individuals.