The Trichotillomania Scale for Children: Development and Validation
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev (2008) 39:331–349 DOI 10.1007/s10578-007-0092-3 ORIGINAL ARTICLE The Trichotillomania Scale for Children: Development and Validation David F. Tolin Æ Gretchen J. Diefenbach Æ Christopher A. Flessner Æ Martin E. Franklin Æ Nancy J. Keuthen Æ Phoebe Moore Æ John Piacentini Æ Dan J. Stein Æ Douglas W. Woods Æ Trichotillomania Learning Center Scientific Advisory Board Published online: 8 January 2008 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008 Abstract Trichotillomania (TTM) is a chronic impulse control disorder characterized by repetitive hair-pulling resulting in alopecia. Although this condition is frequently observed in children and adolescents, research on pediatric TTM has been hampered by the absence of validated measures. The aim of the present study was to develop and test a new self- report measure of pediatric TTM, the Trichotillomania Scale for Children (TSC), a measure that can be completed by children and/or their parents. One hundred thirteen D. F. Tolin (&) Á G. J. Diefenbach The Institute of Living, Anxiety Disorders Center, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA e-mail: dtolin@harthosp.org D. F. Tolin Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA C. A. Flessner Á D. W. Woods University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA M. E. Franklin University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA N. J. Keuthen Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA P. Moore Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA J. Piacentini University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA D. J. Stein University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa D.
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