Italian validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—Short Form on a college group.

Sacchi, Chiara; Vieno, Alessio; Simonelli, Alessandra

doi:10.1037/tra0000333

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“…Previous research has demonstrated that the CTQ-SF has good reliability and validity (Bernstein et al, 2003; Hernandez et al, 2012; Thombs, Bernstein, Lobbestael, & Arntz, 2009). In the current study, we administered the Italian CTQ-SF (Sacchi, Vieno, Simonelli, 2017), in which the original five-factor structure is confirmed and the Cronbach’s alpha ranges across subscales between .87 and .96.…”

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confidence: 95%

Italian translation and cross-cultural comparison with the Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS)

Simonelli

Sacchi

Cantoni

et al. 2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: The Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS) is a computer-administered survey designed to assess retrospectively the socio-ecological context in which instances of child abuse may have occurred. To date, studies supporting the validity of the CARTS have only been undertaken in English-speaking North American populations. Validation projects in other countries and cross-cultural comparisons are therefore warranted. Objective: Develop and preliminarily evaluate the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the CARTS on college students and compare such observations to data acquired from Canadian students. Method: Seventy-nine undergraduate students from the University of Padua (Italy) completed an Italian translation of the CARTS as well as measures of childhood experiences, mental health and attachment, responses to which were compared to those obtained in 288 Canadian students who completed the CARTS in English. Results: Internal consistency and convergent validity with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and Parental Bonding Instrument were found to be acceptable for the Italian translation. Within the Italian sample, correlation analyses suggested that CARTS Mother ratings referring to attachment and abuse were associated with romantic attachment, whereas CARTS Father ratings were significantly correlated to PTSD symptoms and other symptoms of psychopathology-distress. Significant differences between Italian and Canadian students across the relationship types for the CARTS abuse and attachment scales were found, indicating that Italian students rated their mothers and fathers as simultaneously less abusive, but also less as a source of secure attachment. Conclusions: The results of this preliminary study seem to suggest convergent validity of the Italian CARTS and the association between childhood attachment-related experiences and romantic attachment. Cultural variations were identified between Canadian and Italian students in both attachment and abuse scales. Future studies to investigate cross-cultural variations in the relational context of childhood abuse and in order to boost Italian CARTS psychometric features are warranted.

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Italian translation and cross-cultural comparison with the Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS)

Simonelli

Sacchi

Cantoni

et al. 2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…The adverse childhood experiences were measured through five subscales from the Italian version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire -Short Form (CTQ-SF; Bernstein et al, 2003;Petrone et al, 2012;Sacchi et al, 2018), which is one of the most used retrospective instruments for detecting adverse experiences in the family of origin during childhood or adolescence, as well as through six ad hoc items assessing violence witnessed in the family during the same period. The CTQ-SF subscales measure: physical abuse (five items; e.g., "People in my family beat me so hard they left bruises or marks on me"), emotional abuse (five items; e.g., "People in my family used to offend and insult me"), sexual abuse (five items; e.g., "Someone tried to get me to do sexual things or watch sexual things"), physical neglect (five items; e.g., "I didn't have enough to eat"), and emotional neglect (five items; e.g., "People in my family felt very close"reverse item).…”

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Early Maladaptive Schemas as Predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model Approach

2021

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The increasing role that new technologies play in intimate relationships has led to the emergence of a new form of couple violence, cyber dating abuse, especially among adolescents and young adults. Although this phenomenon has received increased attention, no research has investigated predictors of cyber dating abuse taking into account the interdependence of the two partners. The study examines adverse childhood experiences (abuse, neglect, and witnessed intimate partner violence) and early maladaptive schemas (emotional deprivation and abandonment) as possible predictors of young adults’ perpetrated and suffered cyber dating abuse. Adopting a dyadic approach, mediational models in which adverse childhood experiences were assumed to be related to individual and partner’s cyber dating abuse through individual early maladaptive schemas were tested. 134 couples completed online self-reports of the variables of interest, including a bidimensional measure of cyber dating abuse assessing pressure-aggression and control-monitoring. Actor-partner interdependence mediation model analyses were conducted. Results indicated that the emotional deprivation schema mediated the association between adverse childhood experiences and cyber dating abuse, whereas the abandonment schema did not. Specifically, more frequent experiences of emotional abuse and physical neglect during childhood were indirectly related to increased likelihood of perpetrating cyber dating pressure-aggression as well as of perpetrating and suffering cyber dating control-monitoring in both males and females. These associations were mediated by a stronger internalization of the emotional deprivation schema and were supported by both self-reported and partner-reported data. Also, a strong and direct association was found between childhood exposure to intimate partner violence by the opposite-sex parent and cyber dating pressure-aggression by females or control-monitoring by both males and females. These findings help to clarify the potential negative effects of specific adverse childhood experiences and early maladaptive schemas on the tendency to perpetrate and suffer cyber abuse in romantic relationships. The implications for prevention and treatment programs are noted and avenues for future research are described.

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“…Yet, results from studies on the five-factor structure reported in the original manual (Bernstein & Fink, 1998) have been mixed, with some studies supporting it whilst others only obtain partial support or suggest alternative models. A number of studies, based on both clinical and non-clinical samples, and including both adolescents and adults, predominantly from North America and Europe, have obtained support for the five-factor structure reported in the CTQ-SF manual (Bernstein et al, 2003;Dovran et al, 2013;Dudeck et al, 2015;Hernandez et al, 2013;Sacchi, Vieno, & Simonelli, 2018;Thombs, Bernstein, Lobbestael, & Arntz, 2009;Thombs, Lewis, Bernstein, Medrano, & Hatch, 2007). Moreover, some of these studies also tested and demonstrated the structural invariance or measurement equivalence of the original CTQ-SF five-factor structure across gender, age and subsamples (Bernstein et al, 2003;Dovran et al, 2013;Thombs et al, 2007).…”

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“…This alternative CTQ-SF five-factor was found to be the most appropriate when compared to the original factor solution in a mixed Brazilian sample when the total CTQ-SF score was also included at the second order level (Grassi-Oliveira et al, 2014). Another study, based on an Italian college sample, though finding that the five-factor structure specified in the CTQ-SF manual provided best fit, also found that a fourfactor first order structure (wherein items from the Physical and Emotional neglect scales were collapsed into one single Neglect scale) provided a good fit (Sacchi et al, 2018). Given these indecisive research findings, more research examining the factorial structure in clinical samples is important and needed.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychometric validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) in a Danish clinical sample

Kongerslev

Bach

Rossi

et al. 2019

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Italian validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—Short Form on a college group.

Cited by 58 publications

References 41 publications

Italian translation and cross-cultural comparison with the Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS)

Italian translation and cross-cultural comparison with the Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS)

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Early Maladaptive Schemas as Predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model Approach

Psychometric validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) in a Danish clinical sample

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