Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children in an At-Risk Sample of Youth

Butcher, Fredrick; Kretschmar, Jeff M.; Singer, Mark I.; Flannery, Daniel J.

doi:10.1086/681545

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“…The TSCC was shown to be valid and reliable using three samples from child abuse centers (Elliot & Briere, 1994, n = 399; Lanktree & Briere, 1995, n = 105; Nelson-Gardell, 1995, n = 103). Testing of the TSCC in this sample using Cronbach’s alpha has found it to have good internal consistency (standardized α = .91) and demonstrates external and discriminant validity (Butcher, Kretschmar, Singer, & Flannery, 2015; Kretschmar, Butcher, Tossone, & Beale, 2016).…”

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confidence: 87%

The Role of Sexual Abuse in Trauma Symptoms, Delinquent and Suicidal Behaviors, and Criminal Justice Outcomes Among Females in a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program

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Wheeler

Butcher

et al. 2017

Violence Against Women

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Female juvenile justice-involved (JJI) youth experience more sexual abuse (SA) than their non-JJI counterparts or their male JJI counterparts. This study examines SA's role among JJI females ( N = 1,307) in a behavioral health diversion program. Results indicate that SA increases the risk of psychological trauma, particularly posttraumatic stress and depression. SA also increases the odds of suicidal behavior, running away, and substance use. SA females have the same odds of successfully completing behavioral health diversion and being charged with any offense or misdemeanor after termination as non-SA females. Implications of research and future directions are discussed.

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confidence: 87%

The Role of Sexual Abuse in Trauma Symptoms, Delinquent and Suicidal Behaviors, and Criminal Justice Outcomes Among Females in a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program

Tossone

Wheeler

Butcher

et al. 2017

Violence Against Women

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“…The TSCC is recommended for both brief trauma screenings and in-depth trauma assessments (Milne & Collin-Vezina, 2015) with high internal consistency across all scales—alpha coefficients range from .77 to .89 (Briere, 1996). The TSCC has been shown to demonstrate strong psychometric properties when used with juvenile offender populations (Butcher et al, 2015; Nilsson et al, 2008). The clinical scales of the TSCC include (a) Anxiety (ANX), (b) Depression (DEP), (c) Anger (ANG), (d) Posttraumatic Stress (PTS), (e) Dissociation (DIS), and (f) Sexual Concerns (SC).…”

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Preliminary Cross-Sectional Validation of the CROPS 14-Item for Juvenile Offenders

Edner

Piegore

Glaser

et al. 2020

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The Child Report of Posttraumatic Symptoms (CROPS) is an effective 26-item trauma assessment tool. Research has indicated a 14-item version of the CROPS for juvenile offenders with improved predictive accuracy for detecting trauma exposure among male offenders and commensurate accuracy for female offenders. However, the 14-item scale has yet to be validated for juvenile offenders with an established trauma measure. Cross-sectional retrospective data of 74 adjudicated youth (59.5% male) from the original CROPS 14-item psychometric study sample were used to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent and divergent validity of the 14-item scale. Findings indicated strong internal consistency and significant correlations with all scales of an established and more extensive trauma measure for children and adolescents. Findings also revealed a CROPS 12-item model explaining 36.9% of variance. Results supported both convergent and divergent validity, suggesting both the CROPS 14-item and 12-item may be used as valid trauma symptom screeners for juvenile offenders.

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“…The "sexual concerns" domain is not used in this study. A recent confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed some evidence that the Sexual Concerns sub-scale has weak psychometric properties (Butcher et al, 2015). As such, the remaining 44 items are considered for this analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As trauma symptoms are not experienced equally across all youth who experience violence exposure or other traumatic events, this is an oversight in current research. Recent research found that the construct of trauma symptomatology is not comprised of one factor (Butcher, Kretschmar, Singer, & Flannery, 2015). This suggests that groups of trauma symptoms are not necessarily similarly experienced and that trauma cannot be captured with a binary diagnosis variable but can be thought of as a latent variable.…”

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Measuring the Impact of Psychological Trauma Change on Recidivism Among Juvenile Justice–Involved Youth

Tossone

Butcher

Kretschmar

2016

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Population heterogeneity and intra-individual change are often overlooked in recidivism research. This study employs latent transition analysis of psychological trauma from intake into a juvenile justice diversion program until termination, followed by modeling of recidivism. A comparison model of a logistic regression without latent variables is also presented, to answer whether the same results would have been achieved without using latent variable modeling. Results indicate that juvenile justice–involved (JJI) youth are assigned into four psychological trauma classes at intake, and three at termination. Latent status membership predicts 6-month recidivism (p = .03). Those who begin in classes that have Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Anger have higher odds of recidivating than those who demonstrate generally high or low trauma symptoms at intake. The comparison regression model found no significant relationship between the five trauma symptom domains and recidivism. Implications for employing latent variable modeling and person-centered analyses for recidivism research are discussed.

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children in an At-Risk Sample of Youth

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

The Role of Sexual Abuse in Trauma Symptoms, Delinquent and Suicidal Behaviors, and Criminal Justice Outcomes Among Females in a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program

The Role of Sexual Abuse in Trauma Symptoms, Delinquent and Suicidal Behaviors, and Criminal Justice Outcomes Among Females in a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program

Preliminary Cross-Sectional Validation of the CROPS 14-Item for Juvenile Offenders

Measuring the Impact of Psychological Trauma Change on Recidivism Among Juvenile Justice–Involved Youth

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