A validation study of the Dutch Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form: Factor structure, reliability, and known-groups validity

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 518-523

  Thombs, Brett D ^a   Bernstein, David P ^b   Lobbestael, Jill ^b   Arntz, Arnoud ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; Physical Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCH CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349208436     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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