Abstract
The experience of trauma can have serious and long-term consequences on children’s development and well-being. In this chapter, we review a number of psychometrically valid psychological measures that can be used to assist in the assessment of school-aged (6–12 years) children’s reactions to trauma and symptoms experienced after being exposed to the trauma.
Measures of posttraumatic stress, trauma exposure, and symptoms related to posttraumatic outcomes are reviewed. The measures can be used to assist in the identification of target areas for treatment.
Abbreviations
- ASEBA:
-
Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment
- BAI-Y:
-
The Beck Youth Inventories – Second Edition, Anxiety Inventory
- BASC-2:
-
Behavior Assessment Scales for Children – Second Edition
- BDI-Y:
-
The Beck Youth Inventories – Second Edition, Depression Inventory
- CBCL:
-
The Child Behavior Checklist
- CDI – 2:
-
Children’s Depression Inventory – 2
- CDRS-R:
-
Children’s Depression Rating Scale – Revised
- CPI:
-
Children’s PTSD Inventory
- CPSS:
-
Child PTSD Symptom Scale
- CSBI:
-
Child Sexual Behavior Inventory
- FSSC-R:
-
Fear Survey Schedule for Children– revised
- PTSD:
-
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- PTSD-RI:
-
UCLA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index for DSM-IV
- RCADS:
-
Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale
- SCARED-R:
-
Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Revised
- TRF:
-
Teacher Report Form
- TSCC:
-
Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children
- TSCYC:
-
Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children
- YSR:
-
Youth Self-Report
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Menna, R., Pasiak, C., Johnson, E.M., Romanchych, E. (2015). Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress, Depression, and Anxiety in School-Aged Children. In: Martin, C., Preedy, V., Patel, V. (eds) Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08613-2_68-1
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