Department of Psychology.
Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry.
Psychol Trauma. 2021 Jul;13(5):514-521. doi: 10.1037/tra0000979. Epub 2020 Nov 9.
Cognitive models of posttraumatic stress disorder highlight posttraumatic cognitions (PTCs) as a crucial mechanism of trauma adjustment. So far, only dysfunctional PTCs have been investigated in detail. Research on functional PTCs is scarce. This study addresses this gap by developing and validating a self-report measure called (FPTCQ) in children and adolescents.
The questionnaire was administered to 114 children and adolescents aged 7 to 15 years who had experienced an acute accidental potentially traumatic event, such as a road traffic accident or a burn injury, and as a result received medical treatment. In addition to classical item analysis and exploratory factor analysis, reliability and construct validity of the FPTCQ were investigated.
The exploratory factor analysis revealed a one-factor structure of the FPTCQ. The final 11-item questionnaire displayed satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .78), irrespective of age. Functional PTCs were inversely related to dysfunctional PTCs, = -.44, < .001, posttraumatic stress symptoms, = -.35, < .001, depression symptoms, = -.22, < .05, and anxiety symptoms, = -.43, < .001, thus supporting construct validity.
The FPTCQ is a reliable and valid measure for standardized assessment of functional PTCs among children and adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
创伤后应激障碍的认知模型强调创伤后认知（PTC）是创伤适应的关键机制。到目前为止，只有功能失调的 PTC 得到了详细的研究。关于功能 PTC 的研究很少。本研究通过开发和验证一种名为（FPTCQ）的自我报告测量工具，来填补这一空白，该工具适用于儿童和青少年。
该问卷对 114 名年龄在 7 至 15 岁之间的儿童和青少年进行了测试，这些儿童和青少年经历了急性意外创伤性事件，如交通事故或烧伤，因此接受了医疗治疗。除了经典的项目分析和探索性因素分析外，还研究了 FPTCQ 的信度和构念效度。
探索性因素分析显示 FPTCQ 具有单因素结构。最终的 11 项问卷具有令人满意的内部一致性（Cronbach's α =.78），与年龄无关。功能 PTC 与功能失调的 PTC 呈负相关，r = -.44，p <.001，与创伤后应激症状，r = -.35，p <.001，抑郁症状，r = -.22，p <.05，焦虑症状，r = -.43，p <.001，从而支持构念效度。
FPTCQ 是一种可靠和有效的工具，可用于标准化评估儿童和青少年的功能 PTC。
