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Dimensional approach to obsessive‐compulsive disorder in childhood and adolescence
Author(s) -
Thomsen P. H.,
Jensen J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb05521.x
Subject(s) - obsessive compulsive , categorical variable , psychology , checklist , clinical psychology , psychiatry , rating scale , trait , developmental psychology , machine learning , computer science , cognitive psychology , programming language
Based on a review of the charts of child and adolescent psychiatric patients, a group of patients with obsessive‐compulsive symptoms and a control group were identified. Obsessive‐compulsive symptoms described in the charts were classified according to form using the checklist of Khanna et al. By use of latent trait models, a 6‐item obsessive‐compulsive rating scale was established revealing a dimensional rather than a categorical distribution of obsessive‐compulsive symptoms. The correlation with other clinical features was investigated.