Psychometric properties of the Adulthood Trauma Inventory.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Psychological trauma is an important public health problem, but previous measurement tools have primarily focused on childhood traumatic events while trauma exposure in adulthood (>18 years of age) has received less attention. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of an instrument for assessment of psychological trauma in adulthood, the Adulthood Trauma Inventory (ATI).

Method

Participants (n = 893) completed the ATI, a 33-item questionnaire modeled after the Early Trauma Inventory-Self Report (ETI-SR), assessing traumatic events occurring after 18 years of age. Participants also completed instruments to assess depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and early trauma (ETI-SR). Internal consistency and item response theory me

SUBMITTER: Wittbrodt MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240837 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature