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DOI: 10.1177/1077801212453140
2012 18: 562 originally published online 11 July 2012 Violence Against Women
Dominique E. Roe-Sepowitz
Juvenile Entry Into Prostitution: The Role of Emotional Abuse
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Previous studies have shown that the original format had reasonably good alpha reliability (Briere & Runtz, 1988, 1990) and Briere (1992) reported that the successful use of the PYS in various studies suggests predictive and construct validity. Using the data from this study with the modified PSY scoring, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was .97, supporting strong internal consistency.
The Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) was created by Briere (1995) to assess the traumatic stress symptoms that many trauma victims experience. The TSI measures symptoms including dissociation, posttraumatic stress, and related psychological symptoms
(Briere, 1995). The full 100-item measure was used. The TSI asks respondents about how often specific experiences had occurred during the past 6 months. The TSI scale has been shown to have coefficient alpha reliability coefficients ranging from .77 to .89 and exhibit reasonable convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity in normative and clinical samples (Briere, 1995). The TSI subscales’ reliability estimates were calculated with data from the present study and each has adequate reliability. Cronbach’s alpha reliability