The measurement and impact of childhood teasing in a sample of young adults

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Teasing Questionnaire—Revised (TQ-R) and the relationships among recalled childhood teasing and current psychosocial distress in 414 undergraduate students. Participants were administered the TQ-R, Beck Depression Inventory-II, State-Trait Anxie...

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Published in:Journal of anxiety disorders 2004, Vol.18 (5), p.681-694
Main Authors: Storch, Eric A, Roth, Deborah A, Coles, Meredith E, Heimberg, Richard G, Bravata, Erica A, Moser, Jason
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety - etiology
Anxiety - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Childhood teasing
Depression - etiology
Depression - psychology
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Florida
Humans
Impact
Louisiana
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Recall
Psychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychosocial adjustment
Reproducibility of Results
Social Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teasing Questionnaire Revised
Techniques and methods
Young adults
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Summary:This study examined the psychometric properties of the Teasing Questionnaire—Revised (TQ-R) and the relationships among recalled childhood teasing and current psychosocial distress in 414 undergraduate students. Participants were administered the TQ-R, Beck Depression Inventory-II, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory—Trait Version, Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, and UCLA Loneliness Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a five-factor model assessing teasing related to performance, academic issues, social behavior, family background, and appearance. Internal consistency of the TQ-R and its factors was acceptable, and intercorrelations among subscales were moderate, suggesting that the factors measure related but conceptually distinct teasing experiences. Defining Pearson product–moment correlations with a magnitude of greater than .25 as conceptually meaningful, we found that the TQ-R Total score was meaningfully related to depressive symptoms, anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, and loneliness. Being teased in the Performance and Social domains as a child was moderately related to current psychopathology. Implications of these findings for clinical practice and future research are discussed.
ISSN:0887-6185
1873-7897
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.09.003