The abuse-related beliefs questionnaire for survivors of childhood sexual abuse

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.     

同末的闲暇时光（上）——小镇游览记

应怎样度过一个愉快又休闲的周末呢？我们来到大洋彼岸,看看美国的妈妈,如何享受周末闲暇时光。     

美国幼儿园的寓教于乐

美国的幼儿园是孩子们玩耍的天堂,对于小孩子来说,上幼儿园既不是纯粹的玩,也不是为了好好学习,天天向上,而是通过玩来积累知识,培养多方面的能力和生活的情趣。     

狠心没那么简单

早晨,灿灿哭着上学去了,因为迟到了,害怕会被老师罚站。而起因是吃完早饭收拾书包的时候发现昨天晚上做好的口算题卡找不到了,立刻就慌了神,开始哭哭咧咧地诉说自己的担心：“如果不完成作业,老师就不让上学了。”我看着他可怜,还帮他找了一阵子。后来一想,这也是个好机会,让他体验一次因为自己做事没条理,爱磨蹭造成的后果,也算是对他的挫折教育吧。     

好书我来荐

推荐人:珊珊推荐好书:《重返狼群》作者:李微漪出版:长江文艺出版社作者李微漪去若尔盖大草原写生时意外发现了一只出生才几天的小狼,把它带回城市抚养。这只小狼有个很好听的名字叫格林。格林将李微漪看作自己的亲生母亲,李微漪也像对待自己的孩子一样爱着格林。格林渐渐长大,李微漪带着它回到了大草原,教它如何生存。     

通过作文了解女儿的内心世界

作文题材无处不在,可我家yoyo现阶段还是只能写自己亲身经历过的事。那些靠脑袋想象出来的作文,人家说不真实,不愿写。有时让她编个故事,可人家编出的故事十之八九也是以身边的事为原型。虽说写真情实感挺好,但没有想象力和创造力也不行呀。该怎样帮yoyo打开那扇想象的大门,让她发挥无穷的想象力呢?     

玩出来的作文

每次回老家,对寻宝来说都是受罪,因为她从小就晕车,坐在车里一会儿说头疼,一会儿说肚子疼,抱着搂着都没有效果.后来,我想了一个法子,就是和她玩游戏,总算是转移了她的注意力,一路上不再嚷嚷难受了.车上玩游戏的收获可不止这一个,我们还玩出了许多有趣的作文呢!     

咬人示爱

哎哟,宝宝又咬了我一下。最近是怎么了?总喜欢用嘴巴咬人!恨我?爱我?宝宝和妈妈玩耍得正高兴,忽然在妈妈胳膊上咬了一口,越让他松口,他越是咬住不放,咬得妈妈特别疼。妈妈好纳闷,为什么宝宝会有这样匪夷所思的行为呢?是恨妈妈吗?不像啊。看着宝宝歪着脑袋冲你笑的可爱样,这分明还喜欢妈妈的啊。难道真的是"打是亲骂是爱,爱到深处咬一口"吗?     

宝宝尖叫

"啊!"--刺耳的尖叫声打破了周边的宁静。怎么了?发生什么事情了?宝宝又开始发飙了?!"啊!"宝宝的尖叫让周围的人捂起了耳朵,难以想象这个小人儿竟可以如此声嘶力竭地尖叫不断。12个月的小人儿有了各种情绪,贫乏的语言表达不能完全及时地引起父母或周围人的注意,尖叫成了宝宝可以运用的特殊表达方式。