title: The Psychological Maltreatment Inventory: development of a measure of psychological maltreatment in childhood for use in adult clinical settings.
abstract: Development of a 25-item Psychological Maltreatment Inventory, based on five categories of psychological maltreatment found in the literature on child development, is described. Two major factors emerged from a factor analytic study of the responses of 118 clinical outpatients. Reported childhood experiences of Emotional Neglect and Hostile Rejection were related to several measures of psychological dysfunction among adult outpatients.
authors.affiliation: Behavior Therapy Unit, Douglas Hospital Center, Verdun, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Engels
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moisan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results