Whiffen V E, Benazon N R, Bradshaw C
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 1997 Jan;21(1):107-15. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(96)00134-2.
This study examines the discriminant validity of the Trauma Symptom Checklist (TSC-40) in a clinical sample. The TSC-40 was developed as a research instrument for assessing the impact of a history of sexual victimization. Previous validity studies used nonclinical samples of women (Elliott & Briere, 1992; Gold, Milan, Myall, & Johnson, 1994). In the present study, the TSC-40 was administered to 103 men and 79 women requesting services at two outpatient clinics. Information about sexual victimization was collected from the client during intake and from the therapist after the client had received 6 months of therapy. A history of CSA was associated both with high symptom levels across symptom dimensions, and, specifically, with elevation on the trauma subscale of the TSC-40. The findings support the view that, in a clinical setting, CSA is associated both with generalized distress and with PTSD symptoms.
本研究考察了创伤症状清单（TSC - 40）在临床样本中的区分效度。TSC - 40是作为一种评估性侵犯受害史影响的研究工具而开发的。以往的效度研究使用的是女性非临床样本（埃利奥特和布里尔，1992；戈尔德、米兰、迈尔和约翰逊，1994）。在本研究中，TSC - 40被施用于在两家门诊诊所寻求服务的103名男性和79名女性。在 intake 期间从客户那里收集了有关性侵犯受害的信息，并在客户接受6个月治疗后从治疗师那里收集了相关信息。儿童性虐待史与各症状维度的高症状水平相关，具体而言，与TSC - 40创伤分量表得分升高相关。研究结果支持这样一种观点，即在临床环境中，儿童性虐待与广泛性痛苦和创伤后应激障碍症状均相关。
