caa a22 4500 445293268 CHVBK 20180317142535.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20101201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1080/19361521.2010.523778 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1080/19361521.2010.523778 Children's Alexithymia Measure (CAM): A New Instrument for Screening Difficulties with Emotional Expression [Elektronische Daten] [Ineke Way, Brooks Applegate, Xiaofan Cai, Leslie Franck, Connie Black-Pond, Paul Yelsma, Essence Roberts, Yvette Hyter, Mary Muliett] This article presents initial psychometric data on a new observer-rated screening instrument, the Children's Alexithymia Measure (CAM). Alexithymia is an affective and cognitive condition characterized by difficulty recognizing and expressing feelings. An initial item set was developed following focus groups with parents and professionals. This set was reduced to 32 items and administered to 246 parents of children ages 5 to 17 with trauma histories. Factor and item response theory analyses were conducted, resulting in a 14-item instrument. The final CAM instrument showed strong internal reliability, with coefficient alpha =.92. Initial criterion-related and contrasted-groups validity were estimated using the Alexithymia Scale for Children and the Child Behavior Checklist. The CAM will be useful in screening children who have difficulties recognizing and expressing feelings. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2010 alexithymia nationallicence children nationallicence adolescent nationallicence trauma nationallicence measurement nationallicence CAM nationallicence Way Ineke School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut Applegate Brooks School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut Cai Xiaofan Human Resources Research Organization, USA aut Franck Leslie Virginia Commonwealth University, USA aut Black-Pond Connie Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center, USA aut Yelsma Paul School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut Roberts Essence Kalamazoo County Head Start, USA aut Hyter Yvette School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut Muliett Mary Lutheran Social Services, USA aut Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma Springer International Publishing 3/4(2010-12-01), 303-318 1936-1521 3:4<303 2010 3 40653 https://doi.org/10.1080/19361521.2010.523778 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1080/19361521.2010.523778 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Way Ineke School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Applegate Brooks School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cai Xiaofan Human Resources Research Organization, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Franck Leslie Virginia Commonwealth University, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Black-Pond Connie Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yelsma Paul School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roberts Essence Kalamazoo County Head Start, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hyter Yvette School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 49008-5354, Kalamazoo, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Muliett Mary Lutheran Social Services, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma Springer International Publishing 3/4(2010-12-01), 303-318 1936-1521 3:4<303 2010 3 40653 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer