Department for Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Section for Clinical Psychology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2012;3. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.18505. Epub 2012 Jul 30.
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC).
The study was composed of a total of 629 children-296 girls and 333 boys-aged 3-11, from a non-clinical population who were rated by their caretakers (26 of whom performed a re-test after 2 weeks) in addition to 59 children from a clinical population with known experience of sexual and/or physical abuse. The caretakers from the normal population completed the TSCYC and Lifetime Incidence of Traumatic Events Scale-parent scale (LITE-P) and the clinical-sample caretakers completed TSCYC. The psychometric properties of the TSCYC were examined, including reliability and validity.
The reliability (Cronbach's alpha) of the TSCYC, total scale, was α = 0.93 (normative group) and α = 0.96 (clinical group). For the clinical scales, this ranged between α = 0.55-0.88 and 0.77-0.93, respectively. Test-retest for the total scale was r=0.77. Regarding criterion-related validity, the clinical groups scored significantly higher than the normative group, and within the normative group significant relationships were found between exposure to traumatic events and TSCYC scores. Confirmatory factor analysis testing of the construction of the TSCYC indicated significant loadings on the original scales.
The Swedish version of TSCYC appears to be a screening instrument with satisfactory psychometric qualities for identifying symptoms after trauma in young children. The instrument can also be recommended to clinicians for screening purposes in a European context.
评估儿童创伤症状清单瑞典语版（TSCYC）的心理测量特性。
本研究共纳入 629 名儿童，其中 296 名为女孩，333 名为男孩，年龄为 3-11 岁，来自非临床人群，由其照顾者进行评估（其中 26 名在 2 周后进行了重测），此外还有 59 名来自有已知性虐待和/或身体虐待经历的临床人群的儿童。正常人群的照顾者完成 TSCYC 和创伤事件终生发生率量表-父母量表（LITE-P），而临床样本的照顾者完成 TSCYC。检查了 TSCYC 的心理测量特性，包括可靠性和有效性。
TSCYC 的可靠性（Cronbach's alpha），总量表为 α = 0.93（正常组）和 α = 0.96（临床组）。对于临床量表，范围分别为 α = 0.55-0.88 和 0.77-0.93，重测信度为 r=0.77。关于效标关联效度，临床组的得分明显高于正常组，在正常组中，暴露于创伤性事件与 TSCYC 得分之间存在显著关系。对 TSCYC 结构的验证性因子分析测试表明，原始量表具有显著的负荷。
瑞典语版的 TSCYC 似乎是一种具有令人满意的心理测量质量的筛查工具，可用于识别幼儿创伤后的症状。该工具也可以推荐给欧洲的临床医生用于筛查目的。
