Wang Xin, Ding Fengjiao, Cheng Chang, He Jiayue, Wang Xiang, Yao Shuqiao
Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Medical Psychological Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 11;13:816051. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.816051. eCollection 2022.
The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) is a widely used self-report tool designed to assess juveniles' experiences of abuse and neglect. The current study examined the psychometric properties, particularly measurement invariance of the CTQ-SF in Chinese non-clinical adolescents and adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD).
Participants included 1,507 high school students (non-clinical sample) from Hunan Province and 281 adolescent patients with major depressive disorder (MDD sample) from The Second Xiangya Hospital. We examined the reliability and validity of CTQ-SF, confirm the five-factor model of the CTQ-SF. Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the measurement invariance across genders, presence of depression, and over time.
The CTQ-SF had good internal consistency in a non-clinical sample (Cronbach's α = 0.85) and MDD sample (Cronbach's α = 0.86). Good test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.72) and Adequate validity were also observed. Good fit of the five-factor CTQ-SF model was confirmed in both samples. Multiple-group CFA confirmed that the CTQ-SF had the scalar invariance across genders and the presence of MDD, as well as over time.
The CTQ-SF is an effective and reliable tool for assessing child maltreatment in Chinese adolescents (non-clinical sample and MDD sample). The results suggest that the horizontal and longitudinal invariance of CTQ-SF are strongly established, which means CTQ-SF can be meaningfully used to compare outcomes among Chinese adolescents (non-clinical sample and MDD sample). The experience of child maltreatment, especially neglect (emotional and physical), was found to be common in Chinese adolescents.
儿童期创伤问卷简版（CTQ-SF）是一种广泛使用的自评工具，旨在评估青少年的虐待和忽视经历。本研究考察了CTQ-SF在中国非临床青少年和重度抑郁症（MDD）青少年中的心理测量特性，特别是测量不变性。
参与者包括来自湖南省的1507名高中生（非临床样本）和来自中南大学湘雅二医院的281名青少年重度抑郁症患者（MDD样本）。我们考察了CTQ-SF的信效度，验证了CTQ-SF的五因素模型。采用多组验证性因素分析（CFA）来检验跨性别、抑郁状态以及随时间的测量不变性。
CTQ-SF在非临床样本（Cronbach's α = 0.85）和MDD样本（Cronbach's α = 0.86）中具有良好的内部一致性。还观察到了良好的重测信度（ICC = 0.72）和适当的效度。在两个样本中均证实了五因素CTQ-SF模型的良好拟合。多组CFA证实，CTQ-SF在跨性别、是否患有MDD以及随时间变化方面具有标量不变性。
CTQ-SF是评估中国青少年（非临床样本和MDD样本）儿童期虐待的有效且可靠的工具。结果表明，CTQ-SF的横向和纵向不变性得到了有力确立，这意味着CTQ-SF可以有意义地用于比较中国青少年（非临床样本和MDD样本）的结果。发现儿童期虐待经历，尤其是忽视（情感和身体方面）在中国青少年中很常见。
