Psychometric properties of the Trauma Checklist 2.0 and its predictive utility of felony re-offending among high-risk juvenile offenders

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for TCL 2.0, PCL: YV, CPSS, and UES

Variable	M	SD	Range	Skewness
TCL 2.0 Total	7.81	2.65	0–14	−0.09
TCL 2.0 PC1	2.73	2.06	0–8	0.46
TCL 2.0 PC2	5.08	1.26	0–6	−1.40
Emotional Abuse	0.45	0.73	0–2	1.29
Physical Abuse	0.95	0.90	0–2	0.11
Sexual Abuse	0.29	0.67	0–2	2.01
Neglect/Poverty	1.04	0.83	0–2	−0.08
Community Violence	1.75	0.56	0–2	−2.14
Observed Trauma	1.69	0.62	0–2	−1.82
Traumatic Loss	1.65	0.65	0–2	−1.61
TCL 2.0 Chronicity	14.46	6.53	0–35	0.33
Chronicity PC1	5.37	4.47	0–19	0.64
Chronicity PC2	9.09	3.31	0–17	−0.25
Emotional Abuse Chronicity	0.89	1.63	0–6	1.90
Physical Abuse Chronicity	1.94	2.11	0–6	0.70
Sexual Abuse Chronicity	0.35	0.87	0–6	3.13
Neglect/Poverty Chronicity	2.19	2.02	0–6	0.45
Community Violence Chronicity	2.94	1.40	0–6	−0.18
Observed Trauma Chronicity	3.47	1.91	0–6	−0.17
Traumatic Loss Chronicity	2.68	1.51	0–6	0.12
PCL:YV Total	23.55	6.11	2–35	−0.35
PCL:YV Factor 1	6.67	3.11	0–15	0.34
PCL:YV Factor 2	14.63	3.24	1–20	−1.12
CPSS (n = 76)	11.11	9.85	0–43	0.79
UES (n = 86)	7.36	5.23	0–25	1.18

TCL 2.0 total refers to the total trauma score assessed via the TCL 2.0 (α = 0.57); TCL 2.0 PC1 refers to Experienced Trauma scores; TCL 2.0 PC2 refers to Community Trauma scores; TCL 2.0 Chronicity refers to the TCL 2.0 Chronicity score; Chronicity PC1 refers to Experienced Trauma Chronicity scores; Chronicity PC2 refers to Community Trauma Chronicity scores; PCL:YV Total, Factor 1, and Factor 2 scores refer to total, Factor 1 (interpersonal and affective psychopathic traits), and Factor 2 (lifestyle/behavioral and antisocial/developmental psychopathic traits); CPSS refers to the Childhood PTSD Symptoms total score; UES refers to Upsetting Events Survey total score

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