The Dutch version of the Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory: validation in a clinical sample and a school sample

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Table 1 Factor loadings of the CPTCI items by sample

	CPTCI-PC		CPTCI-SW
Item	Clinic	School	Clinic	School
4. My reactions since the frightening event mean I have changed for the worse.	0.57	0.68
6. My reactions since the frightening event mean something is seriously wrong with me.	0.64	0.58
8. Not being able to get over all my fears means that I am a failure.	0.66	0.56
13. My reactions since the frightening event mean I will never get over it.	0.67	0.70
14. I used to be a happy person but now I am always sad.	0.63	0.59
16. I will never be able to have normal feelings again.	0.71	0.62
17. I'm scared that I'll get so angry that I'll break something or hurt someone.	0.56	0.44
19. My life has been destroyed by the frightening event.	0.76	0.70
20. I feel like I am a different person since the frightening event.	0.74	0.67
21. My reactions since the frightening event show that I must be going crazy.	0.70	0.66
22. Nothing good can happen to me anymore.	0.62	0.56
23. Something terrible will happen if I do not try to control my thoughts about the frightening event.	0.51	0.55
24. The frightening event has changed me forever.	0.67	0.54
1. Anyone could hurt me.			0.42	0.44
2. Everyone lets me down.			0.66	0.55
3. I am a coward.			0.60	0.43
5. I don't trust people.			0.57	0.46
7. I am no good.			0.75	0.54
9. Small things upset me.			0.58	0.57
10. I can't cope when things get tough.			0.47	0.46
11. I can't stop bad things from happening to me.			0.50	0.59
12. I have to watch out for danger all the time.			0.42	0.56
15. Bad things always happen.			0.74	0.62
18. Life is not fair.			0.68	0.32
25. I have to be really careful because something bad could happen.			0.50	0.61

CPTCI=Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory; CPTCI-PC=permanent and disturbing change subscale of the CPTCI; CPTCI-SW= fragile person in a scary world subscale of the CPTCI; clinic=clinical sample; school=school sample.

Table 2 Pearson correlations of the CPTCI, CAPS-CA, and RCADS subscales and the KIDSCREEN-10

Measure	CPTCI-PC	CPTCI-SW	CPTCI total
CPTCI (N=502)
CPTCI-PC	–
CPTCI-SW	0.77***	–
CPTCI total	0.95***	0.93***	–
CAPS-CA (n=80)
Cluster B	0.55***	0.50***	0.55***
Cluster C	0.59***	0.61***	0.63***
Cluster D	0.49***	0.50***	0.51***
Total PTSD severity	0.64***	0.63***	0.66***
RCADS (n=175)
Panic disorder	0.59***	0.57***	0.61***
Social phobia	0.57***	0.61***	0.62***
Major depressive disorder	0.73***	0.71***	0.76***
Separation anxiety disorder	0.37***	0.36***	0.38***
General anxiety disorder	0.62***	0.64***	0.66***
Obsessive compulsive disorder	0.59***	0.53***	0.59***
Total internalizing scale	0.72***	0.72***	0.76***
KIDSCREEN-10 (n=313)	−0.40***	−0.41***	−0.44***

CPTCI=Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory; CPTCI-PC=permanent and disturbing change subscale of the CPTCI; CPTCI-SW=fragile person in a scary world subscale of the CPTCI; CAPS-CA=Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents; RCADS=Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale.

The CAPS-CA and the RCADS were administered in the clinical sample; the KIDSCREEN-10 was administered in the school sample.

***p<0.001.

Table 3 Means and standard deviations for CPTCI (sub)scales by sample and age group

	CPTCI-PC		CPTCI-SW		CPTCI total
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Boys (n=230)	19.53	6.83	19.87	5.80	39.40	11.81
Girls (n=271)	22.17	8.36	22.96	7.42	45.13	14.89
8–11 (n=155)	22.17	7.31	22.53	5.54	44.70	11.90
12–14 (n=104)	20.63	8.02	21.09	6.92	41.72	14.11
15–18 (n=243)	20.30	7.94	21.11	7.57	41.41	14.72
School (n=318)	19.47	6.92	20.24	6.14	39.71	12.13
Clinic (n=184)	23.49	8.55	23.81	7.50	47.30	15.25
Pretreatment (n=118)	22.80	9.20	23.23	7.01	46.09	14.32
Posttreatment (n=118)	17.39	6.26	18.79	6.42	36.19	12.28

CPTCI=Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory; CPTCI-PC=permanent and disturbing change subscale of the CPTCI; CPTCI-SW=fragile person in a scary world subscale of the CPTCI; clinic=clinical sample; school=school sample.