Author(s): NIU Chao-yang, LEI Hei, CAI Lin, FAN Jie, LIU Wan-ting, LI Ling-yan, ZHU Xiong-zhao, The Medical Psychological Research Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Education College of Hunan Agriculture University, School of Sociology and Psychology, Southwest University for Nationalities
Pages: 112-115
Year: 2016 Issue:  1
Journal: Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
Keyword:  Brown assessment of beliefs scale; Reliability; Validity;
Abstract: Objective:To examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale(BABS).Methods:The Brown belief questionnaire,Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale(Y-BOCS),Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) and State Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) was administrated to 204 obsessive-compulsive disorders(OCD).Results:The Cronbach’s α coefficient of the BABS in OCD is 0.80,the inter-rater reliability of the BABS was 0.93(P<0.01),the test-retest reliability was 0.71(P<0.01);Score of the BABS was not correlated with symptom severity but was correlated significantly with the score of the additional items in Y-BOCS assessing the insight(r=0.70,P<0.01).Indices of confirmatory factor analysis(χ~2=30.733,χ~2/df=2.195,CFI=0.970,IFI=0.971,TLI=0.956,GFI=0.960,RMSEA=0.077) suggested that the one-factor structure met the standard of psychometrics.Conclusion:The Chinese version of brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale is a reliable and valid assessment of insight in obsessive-compulsive disorders.