5/28/2023 0 Comments Childhood trauma questionnaire![]() ![]() PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved. A 2-step measurement approach in the assessment of childhood trauma is recommended in which screening by a self-report questionnaire is followed by a (semi-)structured diagnostic interview. We conclude that although the original 5-factor model fits the data well, results of the hierarchical analyses suggest that the total CTQ scale adequately captures a broad dimension of childhood maltreatment. Combined CTQ-SF/CTI factor scores showed a higher association with severity of psychopathology. The CTQ-SF was more sensitive in detecting emotional abuse and emotional neglect than the CTI. The CTQ-SF was moderately associated with the CTI, and this association was not attenuated by disorder status. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire is a brief survey of six early traumatic experiences (death, divorce, violence, sexual abuse, illness or other), and assesses individual’s understanding of their childhood trauma. The 5-factor solution proved to be invariant across disordered-control comparison groups. A fundamental psychological question concerns how we come to find meaning in traumatic experiences. Besides the correlated original 5-factor solution, an indirect higher order and direct bifactorial model also showed a good fit to the data. At each wave, patients were assessed for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., or DSM-IV American Psychiatric Association, 1994)-based emotional disorders (Composite Interview Diagnostic Instrument) and symptom severity (Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Fear Questionnaire). Childhood maltreatment was measured at T0 with an interview and at T4 with the CTQ-SF. The sample included 2,308 adults, ages 18-65, consisting of unaffected controls and chronically affected and intermittently affected persons with an emotional disorder at Time 0 (T0) or 4 years later at T4. Curiously, despite very widespread use of the CTQ, scores on its Minimization-Denial (MD) subscaleoriginally designed to assess a positive response biasare rarely reported. To study the psychometric properties of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF), we determined its dimensional structure, measurement invariance across presence of emotional disorders, the association of the CTQ-SF with an analogous interview-based measure (CTI) across presence of emotional disorders, and the incremental value of combining both instruments in determining associations with severity of psychopathology. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) is one of the most commonly used scales to assess and quantify these experiences and their impact. ![]()
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