title: The sexual abuse questionnaire: a preliminary examination of a time and cost efficient method in evaluating the presence of childhood sexual abuse in adult patients.
abstract: This paper provides the results of two studies designed to evaluate a newly constructed self-report instrument, the Sexual Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ). The SAQ was designed as a brief screening device to aid in the identification of a childhood sexual abuse history. A "unique" feature of the SAQ is the inclusion of a number of non-face valid questions derived from clinical experience. Both studies used an undergraduate population of self-reported abused and non-abused participants. Based upon the combined results of the two studies, the final version of the SAQ was developed, which is comprised of 45 items that manifest good test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and convergent and discriminative validity. The SAQ can discriminate between abused and non-abused male and female participants.
authors.affiliation: Christian Counseling Center of Greater Danbury, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Lock
authors.forename: Donald J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Levis
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rourke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States