Factor structure and reliability of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire in a Canadian undergraduate student sample

Child Abuse & Neglect
Sandra C Paivio, Kenneth M Cramer

Abstract

The aims of this study were to examine (1) the psychometric properties of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire [CTQ; Bernstein, D., Fink, L., Handelsman, L., Foote, J., Lovejoy, M., Wenzel, K., Sapareto, E., & Ruggiero, J. (1994). Initial reliability and validity of a new retrospective measure of child abuse and neglect. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 1132-1136; Bernstein, D., & Fink, L. (1993). Manual for the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Unpublished manuscript. Bronx, NY: VA Medical Center] in an undergraduate sample and (2) the prevalence of abuse and neglect in this sample. Principal components analyses (PCA), coefficient alpha, and correlations were used to analyse data for 470 undergraduate students from a mid-western Canadian university. Cut-offs from a short-form of the CTQ [Bernstein, D., & Fink, L. (1998). Manual for the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. New York: The Psychological Corporation] were used to estimate prevalence. PCA yielded a five-factor solution comprised of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, as well as emotional, and physical neglect. All factors, except physical neglect, demonstrated good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. This factor structure largely replicated results repor...Continue Reading

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