Initial reliability and validity of a new retrospective measure of child abuse and neglect.

摘要: OBJECTIVE: This report presents initial findings on the reliability and validity of a new retrospective measure child abuse neglect, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. METHOD: Two hundred eighty-six drug- or alcohol-dependent patients were given Questionnaire as part larger test battery, 40 these questionnaire again after an interval 2 to 6 months. Sixty-eight also structured interview for Interview, that was developed by authors. RESULTS: Principal-components analysis responses yielded four rotated orthogonal factors: physical emotional abuse, sexual neglect. Cronbach's alpha factors ranged from 0.79 0.94, indicating high internal consistency. The demonstrated good test-retest over 2- 6-month (intraclass correlation = 0.88), well convergence with patients' reports neglect based highly stable, both time across type instruments. CONCLUSIONS: These provide strong support Language: en