The Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire (CECA)

The present study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Per-sian version of the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire (CECA.Q), a tool based on a retrospective interview with the child.

To this aim, 251 adolescents from four regions of Tehran megacity completed the questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was examined, along with the face and content valid-ity. In addition, the construct validity was evaluated by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

EFA and CFA supported a 4-factor solu-tion including mother’s role scale items, father’s role scale items, maternal behavior scale items, and paternal behavior scale items. The total variance extracted in EFA ranged from 33.9 to 60.7. The internal consistency for mother’s role, father’s role, maternal behavior, and paternal behavior was 0.61, 0.65, 0.86, and 0.9 respectively. Thus, the questionnaire had a suitable fit, as well as reasonable reliability and validity.

The Persian ver-sion of the CECA.Q had adequate reliability and validity as a self-report measurement for childhood experience of care and abuse.