TABLE 1.
Psychometric Information on the Modified Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
Distribution of Item Scores* | Rotated Factor Loading† | |||||||
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Abbreviated item | 0 | 1 | >2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Helped you feel important | 43 | 28 | 27 | 0.78 | −0.10 | 0.22 | 0.10 | −0.02 |
Felt loved | 57 | 25 | 19 | 0.83 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
Family felt close | 43 | 36 | 22 | 0.81 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.12 |
Family supportive | 53 | 28 | 19 | 0.84 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.06 |
Care/protect you | 74 | 17 | 9 | 0.79 | 0.17 | −0.02 | 0.21 | 0.10 |
Take you to doctor | 73 | 11 | 16 | 0.63 | 0.27 | −0.17 | −0.07 | 0.27 |
Said hurtful things | 58 | 23 | 19 | 0.23 | 0.71 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.10 |
Made you afraid | 85 | 9 | 7 | 0.19 | 0.75 | 0.06 | 0.14 | −0.08 |
Pushed/grabbed you | 77 | 16 | 7 | 0.14 | 0.75 | 0.33 | −0.03 | 0.13 |
Adults argued | 19 | 41 | 40 | 0.04 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.01 | −0.05 |
Punished you with a belt | 63 | 23 | 13 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.65 | 0.13 | 0.27 |
Adults exchanged blows | 91 | 5 | 4 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.75 | 0.05 | −0.06 |
Family problems | 69 | 21 | 9 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.79 | −0.03 |
Family separation | 60 | 30 | 10 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.80 | 0.12 |
Not enough to eat | 69 | 12 | 19 | −0.07 | 0.03 | −0.04 | −0.02 | 0.79 |
Wore dirty clothes | 79 | 17 | 4 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.77 |
Variance explained‡ |
24.6 | 14.0 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.1 |
Percent obtaining each item score with higher scores denoting more adversity.
From a principal-components factor analysis; loadings of 0.50 or greater are in bold.
The communality for each rotated factor divided by the number of items on the entire questionnaire.