Extension of the sexual abuse questionnaire to other abuse categories: The initial psychometric validation of the Binghamton childhood abuse screen

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-125

  Castelda, Bryan A ^a   Levis, Donald J ^b,c   Rourke, Patricia A ^b,c   Coleman, Shannon L ^c  

^a National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

^b Clinical Psychologists   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; BCAS; Binghamton Childhood Abuse Screen; Child physical abuse; Child sexual abuse; SAQ; Sexual abuse questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINGHAMTON CHILDHOOD ABUSE SCREEN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847413243     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v16n01_06     Document Type: Article

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