Preliminary Evaluation of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire Short Form

Autor/inn/en	Tanaka, Masako; Wekerle, Christine; Leung, Eman; Waechter, Randall; Gonzalez, Andrea; Jamieson, Ellen; MacMillan, Harriet L.
Titel	Preliminary Evaluation of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire Short Form
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 2, S.396-407 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511416462
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Construct Validity; Predictive Validity; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Violence; Adolescents; Social Services; Urban Areas; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Test Reliability; Test Validity; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Fragebogen; Ausland; Gewalt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Urban area; Stadtregion; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Kanada
Abstract	Despite advances in child maltreatment research, accurate measurement of exposure remains a key issue. In this study, we evaluated a short form (CEVQ-SF) of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire (CEVQ) in a sample of adolescents involved with child protection services in an urban city in Ontario, Canada. Focusing on the two most readily defined maltreatment types, physical and sexual abuse, we evaluated the short form's comparability with the full version of the CEVQ. Both versions had good internal consistency and moderate-to-good 2-week test-retest reliability. The criterion validity of the two CEVQ versions in comparison with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire was satisfactory. Construct validity for both versions was demonstrated: physically and sexually abused youth had higher odds of reporting clinical traumatic symptoms compared with either type alone. The CEVQ-SF is as reliable and valid as its full version. Implications for its use in large population-based surveys are discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10