Validation of the Trauma Symptom Inventory in a Canadian Sample of University Women

A group of 775 women from a medium-size western Canadian university completed the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) along with assessments of childhood sexual abuse and physical maltreatment and a number of other psychological and behavioral measures. Multivariate analyses determined that women with a...

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Published in:Child maltreatment 1999-02, Vol.4 (1), p.69-80
Main Authors: Runtz, Marsha G., Roche, Diane N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
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Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child maltreatment
College Students
Depression (Psychology)
Factor Analysis
Females
Medical sciences
Mental health
Modeling (Psychology)
Personality Problems
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychiatry
Psychological tests
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Resistance (Psychology)
Sex crimes
Sexuality
Students
Techniques and methods
Trauma
Trauma Symptom Inventory
Universities
Validation
Validity
Victims
Women
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Summary:A group of 775 women from a medium-size western Canadian university completed the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) along with assessments of childhood sexual abuse and physical maltreatment and a number of other psychological and behavioral measures. Multivariate analyses determined that women with a history of either form of child maltreatment had significantly higher scores on the TSI than did nonmaltreated women. Similarly, indicators of greater severity of abuse or maltreatment were predictive of higher symptom scores. Normative data derived from this sample are provided, and evidence of the reliability and validity of the TSI for the assessment of trauma-related difficulties in female university students is described.
ISSN:1077-5595
1552-6119
DOI:10.1177/1077559599004001007