TY - JOUR
T1 - Religious obsessions and compulsions in a non-clinical sample
T2 - The Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS)
AU - Abramowitz, Jonathan S.
AU - Huppert, Jonathan D.
AU - Cohen, Adam B.
AU - Tolin, David F.
AU - Cahill, Shawn P.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The present investigation reports on the development and psychometric evaluation of the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS), a 19-item self-report scale measuring religious obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Factor analysis yielded a two factor solution with the first subscale measuring fears about having committed sin, and the second measuring fears concerning punishment from God. Using a sample of college students, the PIOS was shown to be internally consistent and possess good convergent and discriminant validity. Highly devout participants evidenced higher scores on both PIOS subscales, but devout Jews evidenced fewer fears of sin and punishment from God compared to devout Protestants or Catholics. The PIOS has utility both as a research and clinical tool.
AB - The present investigation reports on the development and psychometric evaluation of the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS), a 19-item self-report scale measuring religious obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Factor analysis yielded a two factor solution with the first subscale measuring fears about having committed sin, and the second measuring fears concerning punishment from God. Using a sample of college students, the PIOS was shown to be internally consistent and possess good convergent and discriminant validity. Highly devout participants evidenced higher scores on both PIOS subscales, but devout Jews evidenced fewer fears of sin and punishment from God compared to devout Protestants or Catholics. The PIOS has utility both as a research and clinical tool.
KW - Factor analysis
KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - Religion
KW - Scrupulosity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036265796&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00070-5
DO - 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00070-5
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C2 - 12074376
AN - SCOPUS:0036265796
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 40
SP - 825
EP - 838
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
IS - 7
ER -