The Relationship Between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Mental Contamination (MC): Psychometric Properties of Vancouver Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-MC Scale and Thought-Action Fusion-Contamination Scale

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İNÖZÜ MERMERKAYA M., BİLEKLİ İ., Ulukut F. O.

Dusunen Adam-Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, vol.29, no.4, pp.335-348, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5350/dajpn2016290405
  • Journal Name: Dusunen Adam-Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.335-348
  • Keywords: Obsessive compulsive disorder, reliability, validity, INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS, POLLUTION, DISGUST, SAMPLE, REPLICATION, SENSITIVITY, VALIDATION, EXTENSION, SYMPTOMS, FEELINGS
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Mental contamination is defined as feelings of internal dirtiness in absence of actual contact with a dirty physical object or a person. Mental contamination is considered to play an important role in maintenance and persistence of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). This study aimed to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of two objective measures of mental contamination: Vancouver Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Mental Contamination Scale (VOCI-MC) and Thought-Action Fusion-Contamination Scale (TAF-CS).