Clinical validation of the parent‐report Toronto Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (TOCS): A pediatric open‐source rating scale

Background: There is a need to develop a multipurpose obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) measure that is useful for cross disorder research and as a reliable clinical rating scale. The current study examined the psychometric properties and established clinical cutoffs for the parent-report version of the Toronto Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (TOCS), a 21-item rating scale of obsessive-compulsive traits. Method: Participants ranged in age from 6 …