TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Psychometric validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) in a Danish clinical sample
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Kongerslev, Mickey T.
A1  - Bach, Bo
A1  - Rossi, Gina
A1  - Trauelsen, Anne M.
A1  - Ladegaard, Nicolai
A1  - Løkkegaard, Sille S.
A1  - Bo, Sune
SP  - e104026
EP  - e104026
VL  - 94
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Short Form (CTQ-SF) is a widely utilized self-report instrument in the assessment and characterization of childhood trauma. Yet, research on the instrument's psychometric properties in clinical samples is sparse, and the Danish version of the CTQ-SF has not been previously evaluated in clinical samples. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To examine the structural validity, internal consistency reliability, and multi-method convergent validity of the CTQ-SF in a heterogenous clinical sample from Denmark. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: The study was based on data from four Danish clinical samples (N = 393): 1) Outpatients diagnosed with personality disorders, 2) Patients commencing psychiatric treatment for non-affective first-episode psychosis, 3) Patients diagnosed with first-episode or prolonged depression recruited from general practitioners and an outpatient mood disorder clinic, and 4) detained delinquent boys. <br><br>METHODS: Confirmatory factor analysis was used to explore structural validity. Also, we calculated internal consistency and multi-method convergent validity with interview-based ratings of adverse parenting. <br><br>RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the five-factor structure described in CTQ-SF manual with three error correlated items best fitted the data, as compared to various other models. Coefficients of congruence also supported factorial similarity across countries (i.e. US substance abuser and a mixed Brazilian sample). Internal consistency reliability was acceptable and comparable to estimates previously published. Multi-method convergent validity associations further corroborated the validity of the CTQ-SF. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These findings provide support for the reliability and validity of the Danish version of the CTQ-SF in clinical samples.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104026
ID  - ref1
ER  -