TY - JOUR
T1 - The abuse-related beliefs questionnaire for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
AU - Ginzburg, Karni
AU - Arnow, Bruce
AU - Hart, Stacey
AU - Gardner, William
AU - Koopman, Cheryl
AU - Classen, Catherine C.
AU - Giese-Davis, Janine
AU - Spiegel, David
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, MH52134 and MH60556, David Spiegel, M.D., Principal Investigator, and William and Susan Obendorf Fund, Bruce Arnow, Ph.D., Principal Investigator.
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Abuse-Related Beliefs Questionnaire (ARBQ), designed to assess abuse-related beliefs among adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Study 1 examined the structure of the scale, and Study 2 evaluated its reliability and validity. Method: One hundred and seventy female CSA survivors recruited into a group psychotherapy intervention study were administered the ARBQ in Study 1. A subsample of 45 women completed the ARBQ again 12 months later. In Study 2, 70 women from a health maintenance organization who identified themselves as survivors of CSA completed the ARBQ along with the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40) and the Symptom Checklist 90R (SCL-90-R). Results: Three reliable ARBQ subscales emerged in Study 1: Guilt, Shame, and Resilience. Twelve-month test-retest reliability was high (r = .60-.64). The internal consistency of the subscales was further supported in Study 2, and validity was demonstrated by moderate to high correlations with the distress measures. Conclusions: The results indicate that the ARBQ has good psychometric characteristics, supporting the feasibility of its use in measuring abuse-related beliefs in research on survivors of CSA. A next step for validation of the ARBQ would be to evaluate its sensitivity in measuring changes in studies of interventions for treating CSA survivors.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Abuse-Related Beliefs Questionnaire (ARBQ), designed to assess abuse-related beliefs among adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Study 1 examined the structure of the scale, and Study 2 evaluated its reliability and validity. Method: One hundred and seventy female CSA survivors recruited into a group psychotherapy intervention study were administered the ARBQ in Study 1. A subsample of 45 women completed the ARBQ again 12 months later. In Study 2, 70 women from a health maintenance organization who identified themselves as survivors of CSA completed the ARBQ along with the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40) and the Symptom Checklist 90R (SCL-90-R). Results: Three reliable ARBQ subscales emerged in Study 1: Guilt, Shame, and Resilience. Twelve-month test-retest reliability was high (r = .60-.64). The internal consistency of the subscales was further supported in Study 2, and validity was demonstrated by moderate to high correlations with the distress measures. Conclusions: The results indicate that the ARBQ has good psychometric characteristics, supporting the feasibility of its use in measuring abuse-related beliefs in research on survivors of CSA. A next step for validation of the ARBQ would be to evaluate its sensitivity in measuring changes in studies of interventions for treating CSA survivors.
KW - Child sexual abuse (CSA)
KW - Guilt
KW - Shame
KW - Stigma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33750616015&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.01.004
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
C2 - 16934330
AN - SCOPUS:33750616015
SN - 0145-2134
VL - 30
SP - 929
EP - 943
JO - Child Abuse and Neglect
JF - Child Abuse and Neglect
IS - 8
ER -
