Citation

Haz AM, Castillo R, Aracena M. Child Abuse Negl. 2003; 27(7): 807-820.

Vernacular Title

Adaptacion preliminar del instrumento MultidimensionalTrauma Recovery and

Affiliation

Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Vicuña Mackenna, 4860 Santiago, Chile.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14627080

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Adaptation of the Multidimensional Trauma Recovery and Resilience (MTRR) in a Chilean sample. METHOD: Participants were 80 mothers drawn from two large metropolitan areas (Santiago and Temuco). Sample participants (in a case control design) were redivided in two groups: 40 mothers identified as physical abusers with history of physical child abuse and 40 mothers identified as nonabusers with history of physical child abuse. Groups were matched on 5 sociodemographic variables. Reliability analysis, item analysis, and group comparisons on the 8 scales of the instrument were performed. RESULTS: Interrater agreement level was .79 (Kendall's W coefficient) and the internal consistency as measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .75. Twenty-five items (26.3%) significantly discriminated between the groups. Group comparison tests (Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test) also indicated that six of the eight domains discriminated between the groups. CONCLUSION: In our sample, the instrument has reliable results which discriminate between the studied groups. These preliminary findings support future work toward the development of a Chilean version of this instrument.

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