CTQ
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Children Version (CTQ)
The CTQ - Children Version is a self-report tool for detecting and quantifying traumatic experiences endured during childhood, including different forms of maltreatment and neglect. It is divided into several subscales assessing emotional, physical and sexual abuse, as well as emotional and physical neglect. This tool is used for both clinical and research purposes, to better understand the impact of early trauma in children.
- Number of questions
- 28 questions
- Estimated duration
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Children Version
- Target audience
- Children, adolescents
- Authors
- Bernstein D.P., Fink L. (1997)
Scoring & interpretation
The CTQ includes 5 subscales (emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect) with scores ranging from 5 to 25 for each subscale, plus a minimization scale. Results are interpreted according to defined cutoffs, which make it possible to categorize the severity level of each form of trauma.
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