Factor Structure and Reliability of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and Prevalence Estimates of Trauma for Male and Female Street Youth

Autor/inn/en	Forde, David R.; Baron, Stephen W.; Scher, Christine D.; Stein, Murray B.
Titel	Factor Structure and Reliability of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and Prevalence Estimates of Trauma for Male and Female Street Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 2, S.364-379 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511416461
Schlagwörter	Runaways; Incidence; Test Reliability; Factor Structure; Questionnaires; Factor Analysis; Psychometrics; Youth; At Risk Persons; Gender Differences; Child Abuse; Test Validity; Screening Tests; Sexual Abuse; Child Neglect; Family Violence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausreißer; Vorkommen; Testreliabilität; Faktorenstruktur; Fragebogen; Faktorenanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Risikogruppe; Geschlechterkonflikt; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Testvalidität; Screening-Verfahren; Sexueller Missbrauch; Kindesvernachlässigung
Abstract	This study examines the psychometric properties of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire short form (CTQ-SF) with street youth who have run away or been expelled from their homes (N = 397). Internal reliability coefficients for the five clinical scales ranged from 0.65 to 0.95. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to test the five-factor structure of the scales yielding acceptable fit for the total sample. Additional multigroup analyses were performed to consider items by gender. Results provided only evidence of weak factorial invariance. Constrained models showed invariance in configuration, factor loadings, and factor covariances but failed for equality of intercepts. Mean trauma scores for street youth tended to fall in the moderate to severe range on all abuse/neglect clinical scales. Females reported higher levels of abuse and neglect. Prevalence of child maltreatment of individual forms was very high with 98% of street youth reporting one or more forms; 27.4% of males and 48.9% of females reported all five forms. Results of this study support the viability of the CTQ-SF for screening maltreatment in a highly vulnerable street population. Caution is recommended when comparing prevalence estimates for male and female street youth given the failure of the strong factorial multigroup model. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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