School of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz.
School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario.
Psychol Trauma. 2021 Jul;13(5):555-564. doi: 10.1037/tra0001008. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
Early traumatic experiences are related to profound and long-lasting negative effects on mental and physical health. Colombia has been involved in a war for the last six decades. Thus, the main objective was to adapt and validate the Early Trauma Inventory Self Report-Short Form in Colombia, as well as assess trauma prevalence in this country.
For this purpose, a total of 2,080 Colombians participated in this study (57.3% women and 42.4% men). Age ranged from 18 to 77 years old. They answered the 27-item version of the Early Trauma Inventory Self Report-Short Form and a sociodemographic evaluation tool. Web-based sampling was carried out between March 16 and March 30, 2020.
Original four factor structure was successfully explored and confirmed here. Reliability indexes were good with alphas ranging from .69 to .93. Items properties were also adequate. Most of the assessed sample suffered trauma in their early stages (99.8%). Gender differences were analyzed observing significant differences. As expected, sexual abuse is more prevalent in women.
To the best of our knowledge, the Colombian population has suffered the highest prevalence of early trauma experiences so far when compared to other countries. Emotional and social implications are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
早期创伤经历与身心健康的深刻和持久的负面影响有关。哥伦比亚在过去的六十年里一直卷入一场战争。因此，主要目的是在哥伦比亚适应和验证早期创伤量表自我报告简表，并评估该国的创伤发生率。
为此，共有 2080 名哥伦比亚人参与了这项研究（57.3%为女性，42.4%为男性）。年龄在 18 至 77 岁之间。他们回答了 27 项早期创伤量表自我报告简表和一个社会人口学评估工具。网络抽样于 2020 年 3 月 16 日至 3 月 30 日进行。
成功地探索和验证了原始的四因素结构。信度指数良好，范围从.69 到.93。项目特性也足够。评估样本中的大多数人在早期都遭受过创伤（99.8%）。分析了性别差异，观察到显著差异。正如预期的那样，性虐待在女性中更为普遍。
据我们所知，与其他国家相比，哥伦比亚人口迄今为止经历了最高的早期创伤发生率。讨论了情感和社会影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
