Brief Description
The Obsessive Compulsive Inventory - Child Version (OCI-CV-R) assesses obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth, and serves as part of a comprehensive clinical assessment of children and adolescents with OCD. Specifically, the OCI-CV-R assesses symptoms associated with doubting/checking, obsessing, washing, ordering, and neutralizing. It is recommended that the OCI-CV-R replace the former version, the 21-item Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Children's Version (OCI-CV), as the OCI-CV contains questions about hoarding and hoarding is now considered a separate condition. The OCI-CV-R can be used as a screening tool or a way to monitor progress through treatment. Respondents rate how often they have experienced the OCD symptoms listed (e.g., “I think about bad things and can't stop”) on a scale from “Never” to “Always.”
Assessment Administration Type
Self-report
Number of questions
18
Age Range for Administration
Ages 7-17
Recommended Frequency of Administration
Every 4 weeks.
Summary of Scoring and Interpretations
The OCI-CV-R contains 18 questions scored on a 3-point Likert scale with values from 0 (“Never”) to 2 (“Always”). A total score is calculated by summing the item responses and ranges from 0 to 36; higher scores are associated with higher levels of, or more severe, OCD symptoms. Scores of 6 or above are clinically significant and suggest the likely presence of OCD. See the table below for subscales and associated item numbers.
Subscale | Items |
Checking/Doubting | 3, 4, 11, 13, 17 |
Obsessing | 1, 9, 12, 15 |
Washing | 2, 8, 18 |
Ordering | 6, 14, 16 |
Neutralizing | 5, 7, 10 |
Blueprint Adjustments
N/A
Clinical Considerations
Estimated completion time: 4-5 minutes
OCD is heterogeneous, marked by high variability in symptom expression as well as age of onset. Although most adults with OCD can trace their symptoms to childhood, OCD is associated with a bimodal onset, with one peak at approximately 10 years old, and the second in early adulthood. Moreover, there is evidence that the presentation of pediatric OCD differs from that of adult OCD. Thus, effective assessment tools are necessary for establishing symptom severity and the domain of symptom expression among youth.
The OCI-CV-R is the adolescent counterpart to the OCI, which is also in the Blueprint’s Assessment library.
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