Factor structure, reliability, and known groups validity of the German version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (short-form) in Swiss patients and nonpatients

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 418-430

  Karos, Kai ^a   Niederstrasser, Nils ^a   Abidi, Latifa ^b   Bernstein, David P ^b   Bader, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; CTQ SF; Methodology; Psychometric; Reliability; Sexual abuse; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84900560615     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2014.896840     Document Type: Article

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