Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history
Background : Current psychometric measures of childhood trauma history generally fail to assess the relational-socioecological context within which childhood maltreatment occurs, including the relationship of abusers to abused persons, the emotional availability of caregivers, and the respondent&...
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| author | Paul A. Frewen Barrie Evans Jason Goodman Aaron Halliday James Boylan Greg Moran Jeffrey Reiss Allan Schore Ruth A. Lanius |
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| description | Background : Current psychometric measures of childhood trauma history generally fail to assess the relational-socioecological context within which childhood maltreatment occurs, including the relationship of abusers to abused persons, the emotional availability of caregivers, and the respondent's own thoughts, feelings, and actions in response to maltreatment. Objective : To evaluate a computerized approach to measuring the relational-socioecological context within which childhood maltreatment occurs. Method : The psychometric properties of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS) were evaluated as a retrospective survey of childhood maltreatment history designed to be appropriate for completion by adults. Participants were undergraduates (n=222), an internet sample (n=123), and psychiatric outpatients (n=30). Results : The internal reliability, convergent, and concurrent validity of the CARTS were supported across samples. Paired differences in means and correlations between rated item-descriptiveness to self, mothers, and fathers also accorded with findings of prior attachment and maltreatment research, illustrating the utility of assessing the occurrence and effects of maltreatment within a relational-socioecological framework. Conclusions : Results preliminarily support a new survey methodology for assessing childhood maltreatment within a relational-socioecological framework. Further psychometric evaluation of the CARTS is warranted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-462fd3a9ace24821921de9fa20d1139a2022-12-21T18:24:48ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology2000-80662013-04-014011710.3402/ejpt.v4i0.20232Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma historyPaul A. FrewenBarrie EvansJason GoodmanAaron HallidayJames BoylanGreg MoranJeffrey ReissAllan SchoreRuth A. LaniusBackground : Current psychometric measures of childhood trauma history generally fail to assess the relational-socioecological context within which childhood maltreatment occurs, including the relationship of abusers to abused persons, the emotional availability of caregivers, and the respondent's own thoughts, feelings, and actions in response to maltreatment. Objective : To evaluate a computerized approach to measuring the relational-socioecological context within which childhood maltreatment occurs. Method : The psychometric properties of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS) were evaluated as a retrospective survey of childhood maltreatment history designed to be appropriate for completion by adults. Participants were undergraduates (n=222), an internet sample (n=123), and psychiatric outpatients (n=30). Results : The internal reliability, convergent, and concurrent validity of the CARTS were supported across samples. Paired differences in means and correlations between rated item-descriptiveness to self, mothers, and fathers also accorded with findings of prior attachment and maltreatment research, illustrating the utility of assessing the occurrence and effects of maltreatment within a relational-socioecological framework. Conclusions : Results preliminarily support a new survey methodology for assessing childhood maltreatment within a relational-socioecological framework. Further psychometric evaluation of the CARTS is warranted.http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net/index.php/ejpt/article/download/20232/pdf_1Child abuse and neglectchild maltreatmenttraumaattachmentfamily relationshipsscale development |
| spellingShingle | Paul A. Frewen Barrie Evans Jason Goodman Aaron Halliday James Boylan Greg Moran Jeffrey Reiss Allan Schore Ruth A. Lanius Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history European Journal of Psychotraumatology Child abuse and neglect child maltreatment trauma attachment family relationships scale development |
| title | Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history |
| title_full | Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history |
| title_fullStr | Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history |
| title_short | Development of a Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS): a relational-socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history |
| title_sort | development of a childhood attachment and relational trauma screen carts a relational socioecological framework for surveying attachment security and childhood trauma history |
| topic | Child abuse and neglect child maltreatment trauma attachment family relationships scale development |
| url | http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net/index.php/ejpt/article/download/20232/pdf_1 |
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