Obsession—Compulsion, Locus of Control, Depression, and Hopelessness: A Construct Validity of the Arabic Obsessive—Compulsive Scale in American and Kuwaiti Students
In samples of 144 American and 209 Kuwaiti college students, the correlations among scores on the Arabic Obsessive–Compulsive Scale and external locus of control (.26, .25), depression (.31, .55) and hopelessness (.27, .43) were significant and positive in both samples, denoting the construct validity of the Obsessive–Compulsive Scale. Thus, it can be recommended for use in both countries.