Analyzing pathways from childhood maltreatment to internalizing symptoms and disorders in children and adolescents (AMIS): a study protocol

White, Lars O.; Klein, Annette M.; Kirschbaum, Clemens; Kurz-Adam, Maria; Uhr, Manfred; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Hoffmann, Katrin; Sierau, Susan; Michel, Andrea; Stalder, Tobias; Horlich, Jenny; Keil, Jan; Andreas, Anna; Resch, Leonhard; Binser, Martin J.; Costa, Anna; Giourges, Elena; Neudecker, Eva; Wolf, Christiane; Scheuer, Sandra; Ising, Marcus; von Klitzing, Kai

doi:10.1186/s12888-015-0512-z

Table 1 Assessment of trauma/maltreatment, psychopathology, psychosocial factors, and physical development

From: Analyzing pathways from childhood maltreatment to internalizing symptoms and disorders in children and adolescents (AMIS): a study protocol

Variables	Measures	Source	Informants	Age groups		Samples
Child abuse and neglect				4-8	9-14
Severity, subtypes, timing, frequency, perpetrator	● MCS	Official documents	CPS file	x	x	3,4
	● CTS-PC	Interviews	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
	● MNBS	Questionnaires	Caregiver, Child		x	1-4
	● MNBS	Interviews (Picture-based)	Child	x		1-4
Psychopathology
General Symptoms	● CBCL	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
(dimensional)	● SDQ	Questionnaire	Caregiver, Child,	x	x	1-4
	● SDQ		Teacher	x	x	1-4
	● YSR	Questionnaire	Child		x	2-4
	● BPI	Puppet Interviews	Child	x		1, 3, 4
Internalizing Symptoms	● CES-DC	Questionnaire	Caregiver, Child	x	x	1-4
(dimensional)	● SCARED	Questionnaire	Caregiver, Child	x	x	1-4
	● CHILD-S	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	2-4
	● ETI-CA	Questionnaire	Caregiver, Child	x	x	1-4
Psychiatric disorders	● K-SADS-PL	Interview	Caregiver	x	x	2^a, 3, 4
(categorical)	● PAPA	Interview	Caregiver	x	x	1^a,3
Child environment
Social support	● ASSIS	Interview	Child, Parent	x	x	1-4
Peer environment	● PVS	Questionnaire	Child, Teacher	x	x	1-4
Family environment	● FES	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
	● CTQ	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
	● CIPA	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
	● APQ	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
Caregiver factors	● PHQ	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
Caregiver factors	● CTQ	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
	● BSSS	Questionnaires	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
Overall Adversity	● ETI, ETI-KJ	Questionnaire, Interview	Child, Caregiver	x	x	1-4
Overall Adversity	● FAI	Questionnaire, Interview	Child, Caregiver	x	x	1-4
Psychological factors
Emotion regulation, child representations of caregiver	● NIT	Child narratives (Video Coding)	Child, parent	x	x	1-4
Temperament	● CBQ	Questionnaire	Caregiver	x	x	1-4
Self efficacy	● SPPC-D	Questionnaire	Child		x	1-4
Ego-resiliency	● ERS	Questionnaire	Caregiver, Teacher	x		1-4
Psychological stress-response	● TSST-C	Questionnaire			x	2,3
Social Competences	● SOCOMP	Questionnaire	Teacher	x	x	1-4
Callous Unemotional traits	● ICU	Questionnaire	Teacher	x	x	1-4
Physical development
Body-Mass-Index	● Height	Measurement	-	x	x	1-4
Body-Mass-Index	● Weight	(Measuring tape/scales)
Pubertal development	● Tanner Scales	Questionnaire	Child		x	2-4

N.B. APQ = Alabama Parenting Questionnaire, ASSIS = Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule, BPI = Berkeley Puppet Interview, BSSS = Berlin Social Support Scales, CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist, CBQ = Children’s Behavior Questionnaire, CES-DC = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children, CHILD-S = Children’s Depression Screener, CIPA = Coparenting Inventory for Parents and Adolescents, CTQ = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, CTS-PC = Parent–child Conflict Tactics Scales, ERS = Ego resiliency Scales, ETI = Essener Trauma Inventar, ETI-CA = Essen Trauma-Inventory for Children and Adolescents, FAI = Family Adversity Index, FES = Family Environment Scales, ICU = Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits, K-SADS-PL = Schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children present and lifetime version, MCS = Maltreatment Classification System, MNBS = Multidimensional Neglectful Behavior Scale, NIT = Narrative Interaction Task, PAPA = Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment, PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire, PVS = Peer Victimization Scale, SCARED = Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, SDQ = Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire, SOCOMP = Self and Other oriented Social Competences, SPPC-D = Self-Perception Profile for Children, SSR-DE = Deutsche Version des Sleep Self Report, TSST-C = Trier Social Stress Test for Children, YSR = Youth Self-Report
^aDiagnostic interviews in these samples were collected prior to AMIS

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