Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Psychotrauma Center for Children and Adolescents, MHI Rivierduinen, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2015 Feb 23;6:26362. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v6.26362. eCollection 2015.
With the inclusion of trauma-related cognitions in the DSM-5 criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the assessment of these cognitions has become essential. Therefore, valid tools for the assessment of these cognitions are warranted.
The current study aimed at validating the Dutch version of the Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (CPTCI).
We included children aged 8-19 years in our study and assessed the factor structure, reliability and validity of the CPTCI in a clinical sample (n=184) and a school sample (n=318).
Our results supported the two-factor structure of the CPTCI and showed good internal consistency for the total scale and the two subscales. We found significant positive correlations between the CPTCI and measures of PTSD, depression, and anxiety disorder. The CPTCI correlated negatively with a measure of quality of life. Furthermore, we found significantly higher scores in the clinical sample than in the school sample. For children who received treatment, we found that a decrease in CPTCI scores was accompanied by a decrease in posttraumatic stress symptoms and comorbid problems indicating that the CPTCI is able to detect treatment effects.
Overall, our results suggest that the Dutch CPTCI is a reliable and valid instrument.
随着创伤相关认知被纳入 DSM-5 创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）标准，对这些认知的评估变得至关重要。因此，需要有有效的工具来评估这些认知。
本研究旨在验证儿童创伤后认知清单（CPTCI）的荷兰语版本。
我们纳入了 8-19 岁的儿童，并在临床样本（n=184）和学校样本（n=318）中评估了 CPTCI 的因子结构、信度和效度。
我们的结果支持 CPTCI 的两因素结构，且总量表和两个分量表的内部一致性良好。我们发现 CPTCI 与 PTSD、抑郁和焦虑障碍的测量结果呈显著正相关。CPTCI 与生活质量的测量结果呈负相关。此外，我们发现临床样本的得分显著高于学校样本。对于接受治疗的儿童，我们发现 CPTCI 得分的下降伴随着创伤后应激症状和共病问题的减少，表明 CPTCI 能够检测到治疗效果。
总体而言，我们的结果表明荷兰语 CPTCI 是一种可靠有效的工具。
