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1Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
Objective:
To measure the internal consistency and construct validity of the Children's Impact of Traumatic Events Scale-Revised (CITES-R).
Method:
158 sexually abused children, ages 7-12, and a nonabusive parent or primary caretaker completed a series of measures, including the CITES-R. A subsample of 17 repeated the assessment after 1 to 2 months with intervening treatment.
Results:
Internal consistency for the CITES-R scales averaged .69. Associations with other measures were in predicted directions, although most were modest in size. Parent-report measures were virtually unrelated to any child-report measure, including the CITES-R. Change over time during treatment was noted on most symptom scales.
Conclusions:
The psychometric adequacy of the CITES-R was moderately supported. The main symptom scales of the instrument performed well. The performance of other scales was more variable.
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