FACTORIAL VALIDITY OF THE SHORT FORM OF THE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE (CTQ-SF) IN GERMAN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS, INMATES, AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
For the purpose of retrospective assessment and characterization of childhood trauma in adults, the factorial validity of the short form of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SF) in Germany was evaluated by conducting confirmatory factor analyses for three samples including 1,524 adult psychiatric patients, 224 inmates, and 295 university students. In addition, sex-specific confirmatory factor analyses were performed within each sample. Because several authors have suggested a different factor structure than that originally proposed in the manual, two competing models focusing on the Physical neglect subscale were examined. In psychiatric patients and inmates, the fit indices were reasonable to good. Among the students, factor loadings were markedly lower, and fit indices were poor. Sex-specific analyses did not indicate sex differences. Comparing the original and the alternative models revealed better fit indices of the original factor structure. The present findings indicate that the German version of the CTQ-SF has factorial validity in psychiatric patients and inmates, but not in students.
1 Department of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm.
Manuela
M
Dudeck
1 Department of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm.
Nenad
N
Vasic
1 Department of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm.
Stefanie
S
Otte
1 Department of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm.
Judith
J
Streb
2 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité University Clinic, Berlin.
Katja
K
Wingenfeld
3 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald.
Hans Jörgen
HJ
Grabe
3 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald.
Harald J
HJ
Freyberger
4 Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Evangelical Hospital, Bielefeld.
Tina
T
Schröder
4 Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Evangelical Hospital, Bielefeld.
Carl-Ernst
CE
Von Schönfeld
4 Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Evangelical Hospital, Bielefeld.
Martin
M
Driessen
5 Institute of Psychology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg.
Sven
S
Barnow
6 Asklepios Hospital Tiefenbrunn, Rosdorf.
Carsten
C
Spitzer
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult