The Psychological Maltreatment Inventory: Development of a Measure of Psychological Maltreatment in Childhood for Use in Adult Clinical Settings

Abstract

Development of a 25-item Psychological Maltreatment Inventory, based on five categories of psychological maltreatment found in the literature on child development, is described. Two major factors emerged from a factor analytic study of the responses of 118 clinical outpatients. Reported childhood experiences of Emotional Neglect and Hostile Rejection were related to several measures of psychological dysfunction among adult outpatients.