Development of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Questionnaire Thai version

Abstract

Background: In Thailand, so far there is no tool to identify childhood experiences of abuse and neglect. Both problems are very important issues that could affect so many lives.

Objective: This study measured the validity and reliability of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Questionnaire - Thai version.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive study to test the content validity of questionnaire by using the Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) from experts’ opinions that also test the face validity and reliability in the sample of 49 women, 18 years old and above, at Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women emergency home.

Results: The results showed that the content validity of questionnaire met the standards and internally consistency reliability of 0.79 for abuse domain, 0.82 for neglect domain and 0.66 for household dysfunction domain.

Conclusions: In conclusion, the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire - Thai version had acceptable content validity and reliability. This questionnaire can therefore be a tool for more research in order to assess adverse childhood event such as abuse, neglect and household dysfunction.