Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (대한소아청소년정신의학회)
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Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Child Report of Post-Traumatic Symptoms (CROPS) and the Parent Report of Post-Traumatic Symptoms (PROPS)

한국판 아동용 외상 후 증상 보고와 부모용 외상 후 증상 보고에 대한 신뢰도 및 타당도 연구

  • Lee, Kwang-Min (Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Jeong, Sung-Hoon (Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Won-Kee (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Chung, Un-Sun (Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital)
  • 이광민 (경북대학교 의학전문대학원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 정성훈 (경북대학교 의학전문대학원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 이원기 (경북대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정운선 (경북대학교병원 정신과)
  • Received : 2011.05.31
  • Accepted : 2011.07.25
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The Child Report of Post-traumatic Symptoms (CROPS) and the Parent Report of Post-traumatic Symptoms (PROPS) are screening measures for post-traumatic symptoms in children. The present study aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Korean versions of the CROPS and the PROPS. Methods: The Korean versions of the CROPS and the PROPS were administered to a sample of 304 children aged 6 to 15 years old. The internal reliability, test-retest reliability, factorial validity, predictive validity and concurrent validity were evaluated. Results: The reliability of the CROPS and the PROPS was shown to have excellent internal consistency and test-retest correlation. The single factor structure of the PROPS was good and that of the CROPS was borderline acceptable according to confirmatory factor analysis. Other validity measures such as the predictive validity and concurrent validity were also shown to be satisfactory. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the Korean versions of the CROPS and the PROPS were reliable measures with satisfactory psychometric qualities. Because it takes less than 5 minutes to fill out the CROPS and the PROPS, respectively they can be quick and easy screening scales for assessing post-traumatic symptoms in Korean children.

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