Background

Positive childhood experiences have a positive effect on adulthood, and the absence of positive experiences can be more damaging throughout life than the presence of adversity. Recently, researchers have developed the Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale (BCEs), an instrument designed to assess positive childhood experiences.

Objectives

The present study aims to adapt the BCEs to the Portuguese population and examines its psychometric properties.

Participants and settings

1886 adults with a mean age of 36.36 years (SD = 13.66) from the community participated in this study.

Methods

Participants responded to an online protocol consisting of a sociodemographic questionnaire, the BCEs, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ).

Results

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a one-factor structure for the BCEs with a good fit, CFI = 0.94; NFI = 0.92; RMSEA = 0.043 [0.036, 0.050]. Results also indicated satisfactory internal consistency and discriminant validity values. Predictive validity showed that higher BCEs scores predicted fewer adverse experiences in the last 3 years, but only before accounting for adverse childhood experiences.

Conclusions

Overall, the results support the assertion that the Portuguese version of the BCEs is a valuable, brief, and psychometrically reliable instrument to measure positive childhood experiences that is suitable for use in Portugal.

中文翻译：

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积极的童年经历和不良经历：葡萄牙人口中仁慈童年经历量表 (BCE) 的心理测量学特性

背景

积极的童年经历对成年期有积极的影响，而缺乏积极的经历可能比逆境的存在更具有破坏性。最近，研究人员开发了仁慈的童年经历量表 (BCEs)，这是一种旨在评估积极童年经历的工具。

目标

本研究旨在使 BCE 适应葡萄牙人口并检查其心理测量特性。

参与者和设置

来自社区的 1886 名平均年龄为 36.36 岁（SD  = 13.66）的成年人参与了这项研究。

方法

参与者对由社会人口调查问卷、BCE 和儿童创伤问卷 (CTQ) 组成的在线协议作出回应。

结果

探索性和验证性因素分析揭示了 BCE 的单因素结构，具有良好的拟合度，CFI = 0.94；NFI = 0.92；RMSEA = 0.043 [0.036, 0.050]。结果还表明令人满意的内部一致性和区分效度值。预测效度表明，较高的 BCEs 分数预测过去 3 年的不良经历较少，但仅在考虑不良童年经历之前。

结论

总体而言，结果支持以下断言，即葡萄牙语版本的 BCE 是一种有价值的、简短的、心理测量学上可靠的工具，用于衡量适合在葡萄牙使用的积极童年经历。