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Multi-Informant Assessment of Maltreated Children: Convergent and Discriminant Validity of the TSCC and TSCYC
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Lanktree, Cheryl B.; Gilbert, Alicia M.; Briere, John; Taylor, Nicole; Chen, Karianne; Maida, Carl A.; Saltzman, William R. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: This study examined the convergent and discriminant validity of two trauma symptom measures, the "Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children" (TSCC) [Briere, J. (1996). Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC). Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources] and the "Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children" (TSCYC) [Briere, J.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Measures (Individuals), Validity, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Sexual Abuse Trauma among Professional Women: Validating the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40).
Elliott, Diana M.; Briere, John – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
In a national survey of 2,963 professional women, the Trauma Symptom Checklist was found to be reliable and to display predictive validity in regard to childhood sexual victimization. Women who reported a sexual abuse history scored significantly higher than did women with no such history on each of the six subscales. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Abuse, Females, Sexual Abuse
Sexual Fantasies, Gender, and Molestation History.
Briere, John; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
A total of 314 university students completed a questionnaire examining reports of childhood sexual abuse history and extent and type of adult sexual fantasies. Multivariate main effects of gender and abuse history were found, as well as a multivariate interaction between these variables. Sexually abused subjects had more sexual fantasies in four…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, College Students, Fantasy, Higher Education
Symptomatology Associated with Childhood Sexual Victimization in a Nonclinical Adult Sample.
Briere, John; Runtz, Marsha – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
Forty-one of 278 university women who reported sexual contact with a significantly older person before age 15 reported higher levels of dissociation, somatization, anxiety, and depression than did nonabused women. Symptomatology was positively associated with such variables as age of abuser, use of force during victimization, and parental incest.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment
Outcome of Therapy for Sexually Abused Children: A Repeated Measures Study.
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Lanktree, Cheryl B.; Briere, John – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
Outcome of abuse-focused treatment was examined with 105 children (ages 8 through 15) who had been sexually abused, 71 of whom completed at least 3 months of treatment. Measures of depression and trauma symptoms showed continuing declines in some areas (such as anxiety, posttraumatic stress, dissociation, and sexual concerns) over a 1-year…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment
Differential Adult Symptomatology Associated with Three Types of Child Abuse Histories.
Briere, John; Runtz, Marsha – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1990
University women (N=277) completed questionnaires providing retrospective reports of childhood abuse. History of psychological abuse was uniquely associated with low self-esteem, physical abuse was linked to aggression toward others, sexual abuse was related to maladaptive sexual behavior, and physical and emotional abuse together resulted in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, College Students