Psychometric Features of Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory: A scale in the Field of Relationship Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder

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Abstract<br /> <br /> <strong>Introduction:</strong> The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric features of the Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (ROCI) with a sample of the students of the universities in Tehran<br /> <strong>Methods</strong>: The present study included 459 married students who were selected through available sampling method from universities in Tehran. This research was conducted in two steps. Firstly, after completing the translation steps, the final questionnaire was prepared. In the second stage, the ROCI was implemented on students and its reliability was calculated; in addition, in order to examine convergent and divergent validities, ROCI was administered together with Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), Relationship Beliefs Inventory (RBI), Padua Inventory-Washington State University Revision (PI-WSUR) and Obsessive Compulsive Inventory- Revised (OCI-R) scales.<br /> <strong>Results: </strong>The internal consistency of ROCI was in the range of 0.66 to 0.89, which is significant at the level of p <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The ROCI demonstrated a good validity and reliability for being applied to Iranian couples.<br /> Abstract<br /> <br /> <strong>Introduction:</strong> The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric features of the Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (ROCI) with a sample of the students of the universities in Tehran<br /> <strong>Methods</strong>: The present study included 459 married students who were selected through available sampling method from universities in Tehran. This research was conducted in two steps. Firstly, after completing the translation steps, the final questionnaire was prepared. In the second stage, the ROCI was implemented on students and its reliability was calculated; in addition, in order to examine convergent and divergent validities, ROCI was administered together with Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), Relationship Beliefs Inventory (RBI), Padua Inventory-Washington State University Revision (PI-WSUR) and Obsessive Compulsive Inventory- Revised (OCI-R) scales.<br /> <strong>Results: </strong>The internal consistency of ROCI was in the range of 0.66 to 0.89, which is significant at the level of p <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The ROCI demonstrated a good validity and reliability for being applied to Iranian couples.