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The Maudsley Obsessional‐Compulsive Inventory and OCD in a Norwegian nonclinical sample
Author(s) -
StØylen Inge Jarl,
Larsen Svein,
Kvale Gerd
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9450.00200
Subject(s) - psychology , norwegian , variance (accounting) , clinical psychology , sample (material) , reliability (semiconductor) , population , demography , power (physics) , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , physics , accounting , chromatography , quantum mechanics , sociology , business
The 30 item Maudsley Obsessional‐Compulsive Inventory (MOCI) was given to 294 under graduate students. The inventory achieved an acceptable internal consistence, but somewhat low reliability. There were no sex difference in total MOCI score, or in any of the subscales. 31% of the variance seemed to be explained by item 18: “attending too much to details”, and more than 65% of the variance is explained by the checking subscale. The data give some interesting indications of the prevalence of OCD in the population.