Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form for Psychiatric Outpatients

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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Reliability and Validity of the Korean version of Short-Form Health Literacy Scale for Adults

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing ◽

10.12799/jkachn.2020.31.4.416 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 416

Author(s):

Young Joo Seo ◽

Eun-Mi Kwak ◽

Mirae Jo ◽

A-Ra Ko ◽

Soon Hwan Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Short Form ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Korean Version ◽

Form Health ◽

Short Form Health

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Validation of the Japanese Version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-J)

10.21203/rs.2.23237/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Rie Mizuki ◽

Takeo Fujiwara

Keyword(s):

Child Maltreatment ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Emotional Abuse ◽

Short Form ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Community Group ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽

Japanese Adolescents

Abstract Background In Japan, the number of child maltreatment reports has surged to almost ten folds during the last decade. Assessment tools which are concise and easy-to-use are called for, in order to facilitate the process of child maltreatment substantiation as well as to advance research on Japanese people. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SF) is accepted internationally as an instrument to assess and quantify experiences of childhood maltreatment and its impact. However, the Japanese version of CTQ-SF has not been validated. The present study examined validity of the Japanese version of the CTQ (CTQ-J). Methods The CTQ-J was administered to Japanese adolescents institutionalized due to child maltreatment and other family issues (institutionalized group, n=31) and adolescents who had no experience of institutionalization (community group, n=46) from the greater Tokyo area. Analysis of Variance was conducted to compare CTQ-J scores among the institutionalized group with documented maltreatment, the institutionalized group without documented maltreatment, and the community group, for the total score and five subscale scores. Then the discrimination of scores assessed by the CTQ-J were calculated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and compared with documented childhood maltreatment experiences from institutionalized adolescents. Results Internal consistency was ‘good’ to ‘acceptable’ for the CTQ-J in the categories of emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional neglect (Cronbach’s alpha > 0.74). In each maltreatment type, the institutionalized group with documented maltreatment experiences showed significantly higher CTQ-J scores than the community group. The area under the curve (AUC) showed higher discrimination for the total score of the CTQ-J (0.95, 95% confidence interval: 0.90-0.99), and each type of child maltreatment (all AUC: 0.98-0.86). Conclusion This study has demonstrated that the CTQ-J may be used as a reliable tool for childhood maltreatment experience assessment among Japanese adolescents. It is suggested that the CTQ-J has validity by predicting child maltreatment experiences documented in the child welfare records.

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Childhood Trauma Questionnaire--Short Form; Danish Version

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t73892-000 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

D. P. Bernstein ◽

L. Fink

Keyword(s):

Childhood Trauma ◽

Short Form ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽

Danish Version

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Relationship of Personality to Dissociation and Childhood Trauma in Borderline Personality Disorder

CNS Spectrums ◽

10.1017/s109285290001912x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 755-762 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Daphne Simeon ◽

Dorothy Nelson ◽

Rachela Elias ◽

Jennifer Greenberg ◽

Eric Hollander

Keyword(s):

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Short Form ◽

Small Sample Size ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Small Sample ◽

Emotional Neglect ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACTBackground:Dissociation is a prominent feature in some individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet our understanding of the meanings and implications of prominent dissociation in BPD remains limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dissociation and childhood trauma in BPD and to explore the relationships of dissociation and trauma to various personality features of BPD.Methods:Twenty BPD subjects and 24 healthy comparison subjects of similar age and gender were administered the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—short form, the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire, the Defense Style Questionnaire, the Relationship Style Questionnaire, and the Schema Questionnaire.Results:The BPD group exhibited greater dissociation and childhood trauma, as well as greater pathology in most personality variables, compared with the healthy group. Dissociation in BPD was not significantly related to total childhood trauma, but only to emotional neglect, which accounted for 23% of the variance in dissociation scores.Conclusion:Within the BPD group, dissociation was associated with fearful attachment and immature defenses, while total childhood trauma and emotional neglect were associated with overconnection and disconnection schemata. This is a preliminary study with a small sample size, yet the correlates of dissociation in BPD merit further investigation.

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