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Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress, Depression, and Anxiety in School-Aged Children

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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.

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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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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada

    Rosanne Menna, Cassandra Pasiak, Emily M. Johnson & Erin Romanchych

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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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