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The Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC): reliability and association with abuse exposure in a multi-site study
- Authors:
- BRIERE John, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 25(8), August 2001, pp.1001-1014.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Introduces the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC), a 90-item caretaker report measure of children's trauma- and abuse-related symtomatology. Describes its psychometric properties in a multi site validity study. A total of 219 TSCYC's were administered across the United States and analysed for scale reliability and association with several types of childhood maltreatment. Found that the TSCYC appeared to have reasonable psychometric characteristics, and correlates as expected with various types of trauma exposure. Subject to continued validation and the development of general population norms, its use as a clinical measure is supported.
Prevalence and psychological sequelae of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse in a general population sample of men and women
- Authors:
- BRIERE John, ELLIOTT Diana M.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(10), October 2003, pp.1205-1222.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study examined the prevalence and psychological sequelae of childhood sexual and physical abuse in adults from the general population. A national sampling service generated a geographically stratified, random sample of 1,442 subjects from the United States. Subjects were mailed a questionnaire that included the Traumatic Events Survey (TES) [Traumatic Events Survey, Unpublished Psychological Test, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles] and the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) [Trauma Symptom Inventory Professional Manual, Psychological Assessment Resources, Odessa, FL]. Of all potential subjects, 935 (64.8%) returned substantially completed surveys. Sixty-six men and 152 women (14.2% and 32.3%, respectively) reported childhood experiences that satisfied criteria for sexual abuse, and 103 males and 92 females (22.2% and 19.5%, respectively) met criteria for physical abuse. Twenty-one percent of subjects with one type of abuse also had experienced the other type, and both types were associated with subsequent adult victimization. After controlling for demographics, adult history of interpersonal violence, and other child abuse, childhood sexual abuse was associated with all 10 scales of the TSI, and physical abuse was related to all TSI scales except those tapping sexual issues. Sexual abuse predicted more symptom variance than did physical abuse or adult interpersonal victimization. Various aspects of both physical and sexual abuse experiences were predictive of TSI scores. Abuser sex, however, both alone and in interaction with victim sex, was not associated with additional TSI symptomatology. Childhood sexual and physical abuse is relatively common in the general population, and is associated with a wide variety of psychological symptoms. These relationships remain even after controlling for relevant background variables.
Violence against women: outcome complexity and implications for assessment and treatment
- Authors:
- BRIERE John, JORDAN Carol E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19(11), 2004, pp.1252-1276.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article reviews the major forms of violence against women, including sexual assault, intimate-relationship violence, and stalking and outlines the known psychological effects of such victimization. Also discussed are a number of variables that combine to determine the effects of such victimization, including type and characteristics of the assault; victim variables such as demographics, psychological reactions at the time of the trauma, previous victimization history, current or previous psychological difficulties, and general coping style; and sociocultural factors such as poverty, social inequality, and inadequate social support. The implications of this complexity are explored in terms of psychological assessment and the frequent need for multitarget, multimodal treatment approaches.