Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44.

OBQ-44

What it measures

Dysfunctional beliefs underlying obsessive-compulsive disorder across three domains: Responsibility/Threat estimation, Perfectionism/Certainty, and Importance/Control of thoughts.

Length and format

44 (OBQ-44; original OBQ-87). 7-point Likert (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into many languages incl. ES, IT, FR, DE, TR, ZH; ~15+ langs, approx

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group. (2005). Psychometric validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory - Part 2: Factor analyses and testing of a brief version. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43(11), 1527-1542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2004.07.010

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2004.07.010