Assessment of posttraumatic symptoms in children: Development and preliminary validation of parent and child scales

被引:159
作者
Greenwald, R [1 ]
Rubin, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Austin, TX USA
关键词
D O I
10.1177/104973159900900105
中图分类号
C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
The authors report on the development and initial validation of two brief measures of children's posttraumatic symptoms: a child self-report and a parent report. Intended applications include postdisaster screening, tracking children's recovery in research and clinical settings, and screening for posttraumatic stress among children with various presenting problems. A sample of 206 urban and rural schoolchildren, Grades 3 through 8, and their parents, completed these measures as well as a checklist of the child's trauma-loss history. Findings provide preliminary support for the internal consistency, rest-retest reliability, content validity, and criterion validity of each measure. We recommend cautious use of the measures, and suggest additional avenues of study.
引用
收藏
页码:61 / 75
页数:15
相关论文
共 19 条
[1]  
ACHENBACH TM, 1984, CHILD BEAHV CHECKLIS
[2]  
Briere J., 1996, TRAUMA SYMPTOM CHECK
[3]  
Dyregrov A., 1995, ANN M INT SOC TRAUM
[4]  
FLETCHER KE, 1993, ANN M INT SOC TRAUM
[5]  
FOY DW, 1995, ANN M INT SOC TRAUM
[6]   DIMENSION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA IN ABUSED-CHILDREN [J].
GREEN, AH .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, 1983, 22 (03) :231-237
[7]  
GREENWALD R, 1996, MEASUREMENT STRESS T, P370
[8]  
GREENWALD R, 1996, MEASUREMENT STRESS T, P228
[9]   IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE - MEASURE OF SUBJECTIVE STRESS [J].
HOROWITZ, M ;
WILNER, N ;
ALVAREZ, W .
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 1979, 41 (03) :209-218
[10]   MENTAL-HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PERCEPTION OF THE UTILITY OF CHILDREN, MOTHERS, AND TEACHERS AS INFORMANTS ON CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY [J].
LOEBER, R ;
GREEN, SM ;
LAHEY, BB .
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 1990, 19 (02) :136-143