Child Sexual Abuse Questionnaire (Mohler-Kuo et al., 2014)

• Populations: Children, Adolescents, Young adults
• Age ranges: 8-14; 13-20
• Languages: German, French, Italian, Arabic
• Countries: Egypt; Switzerland

Items

CSA without Physical Contact Subscale

• Were you ever forced or pressured to look at the genitals of an adult or another kid?
• Were you ever forced or pressured to undress yourself and/or show your genitals to an adult or another kid?
• Were you ever forced or urged to watch one or several people masturbating or having sex?
• Were you ever forced or urged to look at pornographic pictures, drawings, films, DVDs, or magazines (also on cell phone)?
• Did someone ever take pictures of your nude body against your will (with either a camera or cell phone)?
• Did someone ever pass on intimate pictures of you to other people or publish them on the Internet?
• Were you ever molested by someone verbally or by e-mail/short message service?
• Were you ever clearly sexually harassed or molested when you were chatting or during some other type of Internet-based communication?

CSA without physical contact response options:

• “Yes”
• “No”

CSA with Physical Contact Subscale

•  Were you ever touched or kissed with sexual intention on your body and/or your private parts?
• Have you ever been forced or urged to touch or kiss another person on his or her body and/or his or her private parts?
• Has anyone ever tried to insert his or her finger(s) or an object into your vagina or your anus against your will?
• (Only for females): Has anyone ever tried to have vaginal intercourse with you against your will?
• Has anyone ever tried to have anal intercourse with you against your will?
• Has anyone ever urged or forced you to take his penis or another person’s penis into your mouth?
• Were you ever forced or urged by another person to prostitute yourself (sex for money)?

CSA with phyiscial contact respone options:

• “No”
• “Yes, someone tried but she or he did not succeed”
• “Yes, someone tried and succeeded in doing so”

Scoring

“Child sexual abuse without physical contact (eight items): if any of Items 1e8 was answered with “Yes” (1); CSA involving physical contact without penetration (seven items): if any of Items 9, 10, or 15 was answered with “Yes” (1 or 2) or any of Items 11e14 was answered with “Yes, someone tried, but did not succeed” (1); CSA with penetration (four items): if any of Items 11e14 was answered with “Yes, someone tried and succeeded in doing so” (2)”  (Mohler-Kuo et al., 2014)

Citations

Hanan Abu El-Nasr, Zeinab Mohamed El Nagar, Mona Medhat Reda & Tarek Mohamed El-Sehrawy (2022) Reliability and Validity of Arabic Translation of Child Sexual Abuse Questionnaire for Use in Children and Adolescents, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 31:5,
616-631, DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2022.2080143

Mohler-Kuo, M., Landolt, M. A., Maier, T., Meidert, U., Schönbucher, V., & Schnyder, U. (2014). Child sexual abuse revisited: A population-based cross-sectional study among Swiss adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54(3), 304–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.08.020