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Die deutsche Version des „Early Trauma Inventory” (ETI)

Erste psychometrische Charakterisierung eines Interviews zur Erfassung traumatischer Lebensereignisse in der Kindheit und Jugend

Published Online:January 11, 2011https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000036

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Für den deutschsprachigen Raum stehen derzeit kaum evaluierte Instrumente zur Erfassung traumatischer Ereignisse in der Kindheit und Jugend zur Verfügung. Während das strukturierte klinische Interview für DSM-IV das Vorliegen einer Traumatisierung in der Kindheit und Jugend mittels eines binären Items erfasst, wird mit dem „Early Trauma Inventory” (ETI; Bremner, Vermetten & Mazure, 2000) ein breites Spektrum traumatischer Ereignisse erhoben. Beim ETI handelt es sich um ein halbstandardisiertes klinisches Interview mit den Skalen „Emotionale Erfahrungen”, „Erzieherische/Körperliche Bestrafung”, „Sexuelle Erlebnisse” und „Generelle Traumata”. An einer Stichprobe von 230 Probanden wurden die Reliabilität und Validität der deutschen Übersetzung überprüft. Es konnten gute Reliabilitätskoeffizienten gefunden werden sowie hohe bis moderate Korrelationen zwischen dem ETI und einem Fragebogen zur Erfassung traumatischer Erfahrungen in der Kindheit (CTQ). Niedrigere Korrelationskoeffizienten fanden sich zwischen dem ETI und entfernt assoziierten Konstrukten, wie z.B. Depressivität. Insgesamt sprechen die Ergebnisse für eine zufriedenstellende psychometrische Qualität des ETI.


The Early Trauma Inventory: Initial psychometric characteristics of the German version

Abstract. There are very few questionnaires in German-speaking countries that assess traumatic experiences during childhood and adolescence. While the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV assesses traumatization during childhood and adolescence by means of binary items, the Early Trauma Inventory (ETI; Bremner, Vermetten, & Mazure, 2000) allows for the measurement of a broad range of traumatic experiences. The ETI is a clinical, semistructured interview for the assessment of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as for the assessment of general traumatization during childhood and adolescence. The present study investigated the psychometric properties of a German translation of the ETI. 230 subjects, including 114 individuals with psychiatric disorders, completed the interview. All scales demonstrated a sound reliability. High to moderate correlations between the ETI and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and moderate correlations between the ETI and further constructs such as depression also indicate the validity of the ETI. In sum, results show satisfactory psychometric properties in the German version of the ETI.

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