Dari version of the childhood Trauma questionnaire-short form (CTQ-SF) in a sample of Afghan students

The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) is a widely used and standardized questionnaire designed to assess five types of childhood abuse. The CTQ-SF demonstrates good validity and reliability. The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of a Dari-translated version of the CTQ-SF. A convenience sample of 240 undergraduate Dari-speaking students at Herat University, Afghanistan, completed an online survey that included the CTQ-SF and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). To calculate test-retest reliability, a sub-sample of 44 individuals completed the CTQ-SF again within two weeks. The results from a confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the five-factor structure of the CTQ-SF demonstrated acceptable fit to the data ( χ 2 /df = 1.98, CFI = .90, RMSEA = .06). Furthermore, CTQ-SF showed a moderate positive association with depression, anxiety, and stress ( r (238) = .43 - .49, p < .05), a strong test-retest reliability, ( r (42) = .74, p < .05), and excellent internal consistency ( α = .92). The results support the five-factor structure of the CTQ-SF and, together with strong psychometric properties, suggest that the Dari version is reliable for assessing childhood maltreatment.