A Validation Study of the Dutch Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Known-Groups Validity

Autor/inn/en	Thombs, Brett D.; Bernstein, David P.; Lobbestael, Jill; Arntz, Arnoud
Titel	A Validation Study of the Dutch Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Known-Groups Validity
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 33 (2009) 8, S.518-523 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.03.001
Schlagwörter	Test Reliability; Sexual Abuse; Mental Health; Test Validity; Factor Structure; Children; Questionnaires; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Child Abuse; Indo European Languages; Health Services; Patients; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testreliabilität; Sexueller Missbrauch; Psychohygiene; Testvalidität; Faktorenstruktur; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fragebogen; Faktorenanalyse; Ausland; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Indoeuropäisch; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Patient; Niederlande
Abstract	Objective: The 28-item Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) has been translated into at least 10 different languages. The validity of translated versions of the CTQ-SF, however, has generally not been examined. The objective of this study was to investigate the factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and known-groups validity of the Dutch CTQ-SF. Methods: A total of 261 patients receiving mental health treatment and 227 non-clinical controls were administered the Dutch CTQ-SF. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was done with Mplus for ordinal data to test the 5-factor structure of the CTQ-SF. Cronbach's alpha was computed, and known-groups validity was assessed by comparing CFA latent factor levels between clinical and non-clinical respondents. Results: The 5-factor model fit well, although one item (I believe I was molested) was removed due to high levels of missing data and because it loaded on the Physical Abuse factor rather than the intended Sexual Abuse factor. Cronbach's alpha was 0.91 for Physical Abuse, 0.89 for Emotional Abuse, 0.95 for Sexual Abuse, 0.63 for Physical Neglect, and 0.91 for Emotional Neglect. Latent factor levels were more than one standard deviation higher (p less than 0.001) for patients receiving mental health treatment than controls for all CTQ-SF five scales. Conclusions: The findings from this study provide evidence for the validity and reliability of the 24-item Dutch CTQ-SF, but showed that one item translated from the 25-item English CTQ-SF, I believe I was molested, was not a valid indicator of childhood sexual abuse in the Dutch version and should not be used. Practice Implications: Researchers and clinicians should use the 24-item version of the Dutch CTQ-SF. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10