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Jeffrey N Wherry¹, Shauna C Herrington²

¹a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine , University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler , Tyler, TX , USA.

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

|October 10, 2018

Abstract:

This study reports on the reliability and validity for two measures developed for screening of symptoms in child sexual abuse (CSA)-the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children-Screening Form (TSCC-SF) and the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children-Screening Form (TSCYC-SF). The sample of 200 children and caregivers received outpatient treatment. Internal consistencies ranged from an alpha of 0.79-0.85. Concurrent validity was demonstrated by correlations with the TSCC and TSCYC. The TSCC-SF General Trauma (GT) was only correlated Child Behavior Checklist (r = .236 for the Anxious Depressed Scale with the TSCC GT; however, all Child Behavior Checklist scales correlated with the TSCYC GT ranging from .422 to .692, and with the SC with r = .713), and the Children's Attributional and Perceptual Scale. Findings support reliability and validity reported elsewhere. The TSCC-SF and TSCYC-SF show promise for screening and triage of CSA victims in many settings.

Keywords:

CSA TSCC TSCY assessment child abuse sexual abuse

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