Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form for inpatients with schizophrenia

AbstractOverprotection and overcontrol from parents or other family members, which are not rare in the Chinese culture, have been suggested to be traumatic experiences for some children. However, research on overprotection/overcontrol is much rarer in China compared with other childhood trauma subtypes. One of the possible reasons for this is the lack of easy and feasible screening tools. In this study, we therefore translated and validated a Chinese version of the 33-item Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-33), which was expanded from the widely-used 28-item CTQ with an additional overprotection/overcontrol subscale. A total of 248 young healthy participants were recruited and completed the Chinese version of CTQ-33, and 50 of them were retested after an interval of two weeks. At baseline, all participants also completed the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale to assess their depression and anxiety, respectively. Our main findings include that: (1) the Chinese version of CTQ-33 showed a good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α coefficient = 0.733) and an excellent test-retest reliability over a two-week period (ICC = 0.861); (2) the previously reported significant associations between the overprotection/overcontrol and other subtypes of childhood trauma (abuse and neglect), as well as psychopathological conditions such as depression can all be replicated using the Chinese version of CTQ-33. These results suggest that the Chinese version of CTQ-33 would be a promising tool for assessing various subtypes of childhood adversities, especially the overprotection/overcontrol experiences in Chinese populations.

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Supplemental Material for Italian Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—Short Form on a College Group

Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy ◽

10.1037/tra0000333.supp ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Childhood Trauma ◽

Short Form ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽

Italian Validation

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Reliability and Validity of the Chinese version of a Short Form of the Family Health Scale

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1066007/v2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fei Wang ◽

Yunchou Wu ◽

Xiaonan Sun ◽

Dong Wang ◽

Weijie Ming ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Short Form ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Family Health ◽

Education Level ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Good Reliability ◽

The Family ◽

Multistage Sampling

Abstract Objective To translate a Short Form of the Family Health Scale (FHS-SF) and to test the reliability and Validity of the Chinese version of the FHS-SF. Method A Short Form of the Family Health Scale was Chinese translated with the consent of the original author. A total of 8912 residents were surveyed in 120 cities across China using a multistage sampling method, with gender, ethnicity, and education level as quota variables. 750 participants were selected to participate in this study, and 44 participants were randomly selected to be retested one month later. Result The Cronbach’s alpha of the Chinese version of a Short Form the Family Health Scale was 0.83,the Cronbach’s alphas of the four subscales ranged from 0.70 to 0.90, the retest reliability of the scale was 0.75, the standardized factor loadings of the validation factor analysis were above 0.50, GFI = 0.98; NFI = 0.97; RFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.07, all within acceptable limits. Conclusion The Chinese version of a Short Form the Family Health Scale has good reliability and validity and can be used to assess the level of family health of Chinese residents.

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Testing the reliability and validity of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale–Short Form with Chinese college students

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.10400 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 49 (7) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Jiaxi Peng ◽

Yongmei Xiao ◽

Yijun Li ◽

Wei Liang ◽

Hao Sun ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Adult Attachment ◽

Close Relationships ◽

Short Form ◽

High Reliability ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Experiences In Close Relationships

Currently, there is no instrument to quickly measure adult attachment in the Chinese cultural context. In this study the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale–Short Form (ECR-S) was translated and tested in terms of reliability and validity with Chinese college students. All items of the Chinese-version ECR-S showed high discriminability and the scale had a two-dimensional structure in both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The internal consistency coefficients of the two subscales of the ECR-S showed excellent reliability, and scores were modestly to highly correlated with the criteria of state adult attachment, self-esteem, anxiety, pressure, depression, and satisfaction with intimate (romantic) relationships. It can be concluded that the Chinese version of the ECR-S has high reliability and validity; thus, it meets the requirements for psychometric tools and can be used to assess Chinese adults' attachment.

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Dutch Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—Short Form

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t27251-000 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Brett D. Thombs ◽

David P. Bernstein ◽

Jill Lobbestael ◽

Arnoud Arntz

Keyword(s):

Childhood Trauma ◽

Short Form ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

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Childhood Trauma Questionnaire--Short Form; Xhosa Version

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t33468-000 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel K. Jewkes ◽

Kristin Dunkle ◽

Mzikazi Nduna ◽

P. Nwabisa Jama ◽

Adrian Puren

Keyword(s):

Childhood Trauma ◽

Short Form ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

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Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Psychotic Symptoms in Patients with Schizophrenia

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.093 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S269-S269

Author(s):

E.E. Kılıçaslan ◽

A. Esen ◽

M. Izci Kasal ◽

E. Ozelci ◽

B. Murat ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Stepwise Regression ◽

Negative Symptoms ◽

Depressive Symptomatology ◽

Short Form ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Positive Symptoms ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

IntroductionThe association between childhood trauma and psychotic symptoms is still not clearly understood. Findings for positive and negative symptoms are confounding. This symptomatic response may differ according to the type of childhood trauma, for example childhood abuse was associated with positive symptoms while childhood neglect was associated with negative symptoms.ObjectivesThis study examined the relationship between childhood trauma and psychotic symptoms in schizophrenic patients after controlling for the possible confounding factors, such as clinical features, depression, and sleep quality.MethodsThe childhood trauma questionnaire – short form, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, and the suicidality subscale of mini-international neuropsychiatric interview were administered to 199 patients with schizophrenia. We used sequential multiple stepwise regression analyses in which positive symptoms, negative symptoms, overall psychopathology and total symptoms of schizophrenia were dependent variables.ResultsDepressive symptomatology and childhood physical abuse (CPA) significantly contributed to positive, negative, general psychopathology and global schizophrenia symptomatology. Stepwise regression analysis results are presented in Table 1.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that CPA during childhood could have an impact on psychopathology in schizophrenia.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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