Psychometric properties of the Spanish Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale – Second Edition

Storch E.A.; Cheng J.S.; Higham M.; Muñoz J.S.; Cruz V.Z.; Berrones D.; Obando D.P.; Anderberg J.L.; Frederick R.M.; Tapia-Cuevas V.; Muñoz M.C.; Villar C.U.; Moya P.R.; Ochoa-Panaifo M.E.; Mallen M.C.M.; Wiese A.D.; Pinciotti C.M.; Sagarnaga M.N.; McGuire J.F.; Onyeka O.C.; Moyano M.B.; Adorno V.R.; Agostini V.; Aguilar W.W.; Aguirre C.; Alvarado-Quiroz V.; Ancalade N.; Aponte D.; Espinosa A.A.A.; Arnold P.D.; Ascencio-Chicana E.Y.; Atkinson E.G.; Ayala J.N.; Aziz H.; Aguirre T.L.B.; Barrera C.N.; Contreras J.A.B.; Barry K.; Belanger A.N.; Benitez L.M.; Best J.R.; Bigdeli T.B.; Bommiasamy H.; Borda T.; Boyajian L.; Muñoz D.B.; Browning L.; Burton C.L.; Busto C.; Buxbaum J.D.; Rivera R.E.C.; Callahan J.L.; Gomez C.A.C.; Canchari E.; Carrrera M.C.; Chang A.; Chazelle E.; Cheng J.S.; Chire J.M.; Cicero D.C.; Cifuentes-Espinoza A.P.; Quiroz P.C.; Colombo G.M.; Comer J.S.; Condori-Apaza L.; Cortina J.; Crivelari J.M.; Crosbie J.; Crowley J.J.; Cruz V.O.; Cruz I.A.; Cunning A.; Perez G.J.D.; Dailey M.M.; Dang B.D.; Dawson A.; del Río D.; Dev A.; Diaz S.; Fay L.; Fernandez A.; Figueroa E.G.; Flecha L.M.; Flores-Garcia Á.M.; Forero D.A.; Franklin M.E.; Furr J.M.; Gamarra O.M.; Garay-Contreras C.; García-Bravo N.; García-Jaimes C.; Garrison S.R.; Giusti-Rodriguez P.; Gonzalez A.; González R.A.; Gonzalez-Barrios P.; Goodman W.K.; Gorosito J.D.; Grice D.E.; Guintivano J.; Guttfreund D.; Halvorsen M.W.; Miles J.A.H.; Hettema J.M.; Hovey J.D.; Irreño-Sotomonte J.; Janssen-Aguilar R.; Jensen M.; Reynolds A.Z.J.; Jiwani R.B.; Johnson J.S.; Joutte S.; Lujambio J.A.J.; Kehrer S.; Kennedy J.L.; Lack C.; Lanzagorta N.; Lázaro-Muñoz G.; Longhurst M.; Martinez D.A.L.; Luna E.S.; MacLellan A.; Quispe D.M.; Marques A.H.; Marquez M.R.; Martinez M.; Martínez G.N.; Martinez-Gonzalez K.G.; Matos M.D.L.A.; Mattheisen M.; McKay D.; McOmber C.; Minaya C.; Miño T.; Mithani S.M.; Morales-Rivero A.; Muñoz M.J.; Nicolini H.; Bracho A.A.N.; Bracho B.E.N.; O'Higgins M.; Ochoa M.E.; Ochoa-Panaifo M.E.; Castaman L.A.O.; Balmaceda T.O.; Tobar M.J.O.; Ortega I.; Paredes-Linares V.S.; Pato M.T.; Miño M.P.Y.; de Leon E.P.; Orellana J.L.P.; Pereira S.; Duarte T.P.; Phan A.; Placencia M.; Ponce L.; Poovey K.; Prieto M.B.; Qiao T.; Quiroz-Padilla M.F.; Quispe - Correa M.F.; Heros A.S.R.; Ramos R.T.; Ramos I.C.; Ramsey K.A.; Rancourt D.; da Silva K.R.; Espinosa R.C.R.; Richter P.; Rodriguez C.I.; Barajas S.R.; Romero M.J.; Ruggero C.J.; Ruiz-Chow A.; Sadruddin Z.; Salhadar N.; Sanchez N.; Schachar R.J.; Segovia L.M.; Seligman L.D.; Siegel I.J.; Staples C.; Stewart S.E.; Storch E.A.; Timpano K.R.; Tonarelli S.; Treviño-de la Garza B.; Trujillo A.; Valdés C.; Vallejo-Silva A.; Mamani K.N.V.; Vargas-Medrano J.; Vásquez M.I.; Vásquez-Ayala J.; Vásquez-Suyo I.; Mellstrieng A.V.; Vergara M.V.; Vidal-Martinez G.; Vollaro C.; Wilkerson S.; Zai G.; Zappa L.M.; Zepeda-Burgos R.M.; Zoghbi A.W.; Alves G.S.; Alves G.S.; Barbosa I.G.; Cappi C.; Carneiro M.C.B.; Costa D.L.; Delage F.Z.; Dreher C.B.; Ferrão Y.A.; Ferreira G.M.; Fontenelle L.F.; Fragoso D.T.; Lima M.O.; Menezes G.; Miguel E.C.; Moreira-de-Oliveira M.E.; Stumpf B.P.; Quarantini L.C.; Quarantini-Alvim Y.; Ramos V.R.; Rosario M.C.C.; Sampaio A.S.; Saraiva L.C.; Shavitt R.G. · Psychiatry Research (2025) · DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116456

Resumen

The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, Second Edition (Y-BOCS-II) is an evidence-based clinician-rated measure for assessing the presence and severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The Spanish version of the Y-BOCS-II has not yet been validated. The present study examines the psychometric properties of the Spanish Y-BOCS-II (Spanish-Y-BOCS-II) in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who are of Hispanic/Latino ancestry. The Spanish-Y-BOCS-II was administered to 1805 adults with OCD. Participants also completed a battery of measures assessing OCD, depression, and anxiety symptoms. The internal consistency for the Symptom Checklist (Kuder-Richardson-20=0.92), Obsession Severity (α=0.87), Compulsion Severity (α=0.86), and Total Severity (α=0.92) were high. The inter-rater reliability for the Severity Scale (intraclass correlations=0.98) was excellent. Confirmatory factor analyses showed a marginally acceptable fit with the Obsessions and Compulsions two-factor model; subsequent exploratory factor analysis revealed a one-factor solution consistent with a Total score including all items. Satisfactory construct validity was observed, supported by the strong correlations with other measures of obsessive-compulsive symptom severity and moderate correlations with measures of depression and anxiety symptoms. Overall, the Spanish-Y-BOCS-II demonstrates acceptable reliability and validity properties.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Alto Amazonas; Universidad Privada del Norte