Citation

Dovran A, Winje D, Overland SN, Breivik K, Arefjord K, Dalsbø AS, Jentoft MB, Hansen AL, Waage L. Scand. J. Psychol. 2013; 54(4): 286-291.

Affiliation

Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Christiesgt 12, 50150 Bergen, Norway. anders.dovran@psykp.uib.no

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Scandinavian Psychological Associations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sjop.12052

PMID

23672336

Abstract

The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire--Short Form (CTQ-SF) is widely used to measure childhood abuse of all types. In the present study, we examined the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the instrument. The participants constituted four subsamples (n = 517): substance abusers (n = 126), psychiatric patients (n = 210), prisoners (n = 109) and adolescents in out-of-home placements (n = 72). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a reasonable fit of the data to the original five-factor structure of the CTQ-SF. Measurement invariance was found across gender and the four subsamples. It was concluded that the Norwegian version of the CTQ-SF has acceptable psychometric properties, with good reliability and satisfactory accuracy, to assess different dimensions of childhood trauma.

Language: en