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KERF-40-I
Belastende Kindheitserfahrungen (inklusive Zeitleisten)
Short abstract
The KERF-40-I was developed from the MACE scale (Teicher & Parigger, 2015) and the KERF interview (Isele et al., 2014) as a structured interview that covers ten different types of stressful childhood experiences. The interview consists of introductory questions and six blocks to capture different types of childhood stressful experiences with a total of 40 questions and a total of 54 items. Reliability: Test-retest reliability was tested in a small subsample of n = 14 subjects examined. The KERF-40+ sum score ("KERF-40+ Sum") of the first measurement correlated with the score of the second measurement with Spearman's Rho ρ =.88. Validity: The sum score of the instrument (KERF-40+ Sum) correlated with the CTQ at r = .83.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2022). Open Test Archive: KERF-40-I. Belastende Kindheitserfahrungen (inklusive Zeitleisten). Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9008437
Citation
Thekkumthala, D., Schauer, M., Ruf-Leuschner, M., Elbert, T., Seitz, K. I., Gerhardt, S., von Schroeder, C., & Schalinski, I. (2022). KERF-40-I. Belastende Kindheitserfahrungen (inklusive Zeitleisten) [Verfahrensdokumentation, Instrument, Auswertungsanleitung, Item-Skalenzugehörigkeit, Auswertungsbeispiel, Syntax und Datenbank]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8151
Short information
Short Name KERF-40-I
English Name Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure
Authors Thekkumthala, D., Schauer, M., Ruf-Leuschner, M., Elbert, T., Seitz, K., Gerhardt, S., von Schroeder, C., & Schalinski, I.
Published in Test archive 2022
Copyright/Licence Copyright Autors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Child Abuse Reporting; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Sexual Abuse; Domestic Violence; Physical Abuse; Emotional Trauma; Early Experience
Language versions deu
Construct Burdening childhood experiences
Application age from the age of 18
Item number 54 items
Subscales 1 Self-experienced emotional, physical, and sexual abuse by parents or siblings, 2 Self-experienced sexual abuse by others not living in the same household, 3 Witnessed parental violence towards siblings, 4 Witnessed physical abuse between parents, 5 Self-experienced emotional, physical, or sexual abuse by peers or partners, 6 Physical and emotional neglect
Application Time 20-60 minutes
Interpretation time 10 minutes
Test-retest reliability: The KERF-40+ sum score ("KERF-40+ Sum") of the first measurement correlated with the score of the second measurement with Spearman's Rho ρ =.88.
Evidence for convergent validity.
None.
Applications Research; Practice
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Isele, D., Teicher, M. H., Ruf-Leuschner, M., Elbert, T., Kolassa, I. T., Schury, K., & Schauer, M. (2014). KERF - Ein Instrument zur umfassenden Ermittlung belastender Kindheitserfahrungen: Erstellung und psychometrische Beurteilung der deutschsprachigen MACE (Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure) Scale. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 43(2), 121-130. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0281272
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Prof. Dr. Inga Schalinski, Klinische Psychologie und Traumatherapie, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften, Institut für Psychologie, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, D-85577 Neubiberg
Dr. Dorothea Thekkumthala, Narrative Expositionstherapie, Akademie für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung an der Universität Konstanz e.V., Universitätsstraße 10, D-78457 Konstanz, vivo international e.V., Postfach 5108, D-78430 Konstanz
PD Dr. Maggie Schauer, Universität Konstanz, FB Psychologie, Kompetenzzentrum Psychotraumatologie am Zentrum für Psychiatrie, Haus 22, EG, D-78479 Reichenau-Lindenbühl
Dr. Martina Ruf-Leuschner, Psychiatrische Dienste Thurgau, Seeblickstrasse 30, CH-8596 Münsterlingen, Schweiz
Sarah Gerhardt, M.Sc., Klinik für Abhängiges Verhalten und Suchtmedizin, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, J5, D-68159 Mannheim
Claudius von Schroeder, M.A., Experimental Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Department of Neuroimaging, Core Facility ZIPP, Central Institute of Mental Health, J 5, D-68159 Mannheim