Form: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, CTQ-SF

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, CTQ-SF
1 – Never true
2 – Rarely true
3 – Sometimes true
4 – Often true
5 – Very often true
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When I was growing up

I didn't have enough to eat.
2
I knew that there was someone to take care of me and protect me.
3
People in my family called me things like «stupid», «lazy», or «ugly».
4
My parents were too drunk or high to take care of the family.
5
There was someone in my family who helped me feel that I was important or special.
6
I had to wear dirty clothes.
7
I felt loved.
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I thought that my parents wished I had never been born.
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I got hit so hard by someone in my family that I had to see a doctor or go to the hospital.
10
There was nothing I wanted to change about my family.
11
People in my family hit me so hard that it left me with bruises or marks.
12
I was punished with a belt, a board, a cord, or some other hard object.
13
People in my family looked out for each other.
14
People in my family said hurtful or insulting things to me.
15
I believe that I was physically abused.
16
I had the perfect childhood.
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I got hit or beaten so badly that it was noticed by someone like a teacher, neighbor, or doctor.
18
I felt that someone in my family hated me.
19
People in my family felt close to each other.
20
Someone tried to touch me in a sexual way, or tried to make me touch them.
21
Someone threatened to hurt me or tell lies about me unless I did something sexual with them.
22
I had the best family in the world.
23
Someone tried to make me do sexual things or watch sexual things.
24
Someone molested me.
25
I believe I was emotionally abused.
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There was someone to take me to the doctor if I needed it.
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I believe that I was sexually abused.
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My family was a source of strength and support.