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A SPANISH VERSION OF THE PADUA INVENTORY: FACTOR STRUCTURE AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2002

David Mataix-Cols ,
Miquel Sànchez-Turet  and
Julio Vallejo
David Mataix-Cols
Affiliation:
Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
Miquel Sànchez-Turet
Affiliation:
University of Barcelona, Spain
Julio Vallejo
Affiliation:
University of Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

This study reports the factorial structure and psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the Padua Inventory (PI) in a sample of 863 undergraduate students, 55 patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and 20 patients with other anxiety disorders (OAD). A Principal Components Analysis suggested a 4-factor structure, which was comparable but not identical to that found in other versions of the PI involving non-clinical samples. The PI sub-scales showed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, as well as convergent and discriminant validity. The “Washing” sub-scale of the PI failed to separate OCD and OAD patients, although this may have been due to small sample sizes. It is suggested that a revised version of the PI should include symptoms that are not currently represented in the scale, such as hoarding obsessions and compulsions.

Keywords

Obsessive-Compulsive Disordersymptomsassessmentself-reportcross-cultural
Type
Main Section
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2002 , pp. 25 - 36
Copyright
© 2002 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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