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Table 2 Varimax rotated factor structure for Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist Category Scores obtained in 73 OCD patients evaluated at baselinea

From: Exploratory analysis of obsessive compulsive symptom dimensions in children and adolescents: a Prospective follow-up study

 

Factor Loading

 

Factor 1 Symmetry/Ordering

Factor 2 Obsessive

Factor 3 Contamination/Cleaning

Factor 4 Hoarding

Symptoms categories

    

   Obsessions

    

Aggressive

0.30

0.70

0.18

0.20

Contamination

-0.02

0.27

0.84

-0.02

Sexual

0.03

0.86

0.15

0.03

Hoarding

0.12

0.21

0.02

0.87

Religious

0.20

0.29

0.63

0.15

Symmetry

0.80

0.02

0.17

0.22

Somatic

-0.05

0.54

0.38

0.37

   Compulsions

    

Cleaning

0.36

-0.24

0.69

0.07

Checking

0.61

0.31

0.38

-0.03

Repeating

0.62

0.56

-0.16

0.03

Counting

0.49

0.56

-0.16

0.03

Ordering

0.83

0.17

-0.06

0.25

Hoarding

0.40

-0.08

0.11

0.73

Statistic

    

   Eigenvalue

4.58

1.65

1.42

1.05

   Variance explained

35.2%

12.7%

11.0%

8.10%

  1. a Based on the assumption that the scores on the 13 symptoms categories are normally distributed