Meta-analysis And Reassessment Of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form(CTQ-SF)

Childhood trauma is defined as a series of traumatic experiences involving physical,sexual or emotional aspects.It is an important public health issue and affects about 1 billion children every year.The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form(CTQ-SF)is one of the most widely used tools for measuring Childhood Trauma.Although there are a lot of studies on CTQ-SF at home and abroad,for its reliability,in different studies,the reported reliability coefficient values vary greatly;The factor structure of CTQ-SF also has some differences in different countries and regions,different cultural backgrounds and non-groups.Therefore,this study was designed to explore the measurement performance of childhood trauma scale(CTQ-SF).Study 1: Meta-analysis of reliability of childhood trauma scale(short version).Objective: to determine the reliability of CTQ-SF and its dimensions,and to explore the possible sources of variation.Methods: using the titles/keywords of“Childhood Trauma”,“Childhood Trauma scale”,“Adverse Childhood Experiences”,“Childhood Trauma scale(short version)”,“Adverse Childhood Experiences”,“Childhood Trauma”,“Childhood Trauma Questionnaire”,“CTQ-SF” and so on,we searched the database of hownet,wanfang,Superstar,Web of Science,Google Scholar,Pubmed,Elsevier,Sage,etc.,at last,280 articles were obtained,and the reliability coefficients were analyzed by reliability meta-analysis.Study 2: Factor Structure of childhood trauma scale(short version): confirmatory factor analysis based on meta-analysis.Objective: to study the controversial four-factor model and two five-factor models,and to explore the optimal factor structure of CTQ-SF.Methods: a meta-analysis confirmatory factor analysis was performed on 36 independent samples from 26 studies that finally met the criteria.Study 3: Revalidation of factor structure of childhood trauma scale(short version).Objective: to investigate the reliability and validity of the childhood trauma scale(short version)in the upper primary school in China.Methods: a total of 1860 senior primary school students in Guizhou province were investigated and the CTT was applied to confirmatory factor analysis.This study mainly adopts R,Mplus 7.4.SPSS 25.0 and other software to analyze the data.The results:(1)The results of reliability meta-analysis show that,the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of CTQ-SF and its subscales were0.96,0.95,0.98,0.98,0.91,respectively.The mean of age was a positive predictor of the Cronbach’s alpha effect of CTQ-SF,Emotional Abuse Subscale,physical abuse subscale,emotional neglect subscale,and the Cronbach’s alpha effect of CTQ-SF.The type of subjects was a negative predictor of the Cronbach’s alpha effect of CTQ-SF.The sample size was a positive predictor of the Cronbach’s alpha effect of emotional abuse subscale,physical abuse subscale,and emotional neglect subscale.The mean of age was a positive predictor of the Cronbach’s alpha effect of emotional abuse subscale,physical abuse subscale,emotional neglect subscale,and physical neglect subscale.The mean of CTQ-SF was a positive predictor of the Cronbach’s alpha effect of emotional abuse subscale,Physical Abuse Subscale,and physical neglect subscale.(2)The results of confirmatory factor analysis of meta-analysis showed that CTQ-SF 5-factor Model 1(M2)was superior to 4-factor model(M1),and 5-factor Model 2(M3)was superior to 5-factor Model1(M2),which was the best potential factor structure of CTQ-SF.(3)The revalidation results of CTQ-SF factor structure support that five-factor Model 2 is the best model.Conclusion: the reliability of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form(CTQ-SF)and its subscales is high,so it is a suitable tool to measure individual’s childhood trauma experience,however,we should pay attention to the influence of sample characteristics and research characteristics on reliability coefficient.Meanwhile,the five factor model2(M3)factor structure is reasonable,which is the best factor model of CTQ-SF.