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The objective of the current study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire Short Form (CEVQ-SF) physical and sexual abuse measures and of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2-item sexual abuse measure, compared with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in two samples of adolescents and young adults.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec020\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Retrospective, self-reported child abuse history was collected in the British Columbia Healthy Connections Project (BCHCP) and in the Well-Being and Experiences (WE) Study. Internal consistency, criterion validity, and construct validity were examined.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec021\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Across both samples, the prevalence of child physical abuse (CPA) and child sexual abuse (CSA) ranged from 12.5% to 41.4% and from 5.8% to 34.3%, respectively. Internal consistencies were good-to-acceptable for CPA using the CEVQ-SF in the BCHCP (\u03b1\u2009=\u20090.83) and the WE Study (\u03b1\u2009=\u20090.79) and for CSA using the CEVQ-SF in the WE Study (\u03b1\u2009=\u20090.68). For CPA, in both studies, the highest agreement\u2014moderate-to-fair\u2014was between CEVQ-SF severe CPA and CTQ moderate CPA: \u03ba=0.63 (BCHCP) and \u03ba=\u20090.35 (WE Study). 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