Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
ARTICLESChild Stress Disorders Checklist: A Measure of ASD and PTSD in Children
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Acute stress disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represent some of the core features of a child's reactions to traumatic events (Daviss et al., 2000;Green et al., 1991;McLeer et al., 1988;Pynoos et al., 1987;Sack et al., 1993;Stoddard et. al, 1989). Symptoms of both disorders
RESULTS
The mean CSDC total score for the sample of acutely burned children and those who experienced a traffic crash was 11.11 (SD 9.97) and 7.3 (SD 8.15), respectively. The mean CSDC total score for the burned children 3 months after discharge was 8.2 (SD 10.95). The mean CSDC scores for each subscale at the acute phase for each group and the mean subscale scores for the burn sample at 3 months are presented in Table 2.
The internal consistency of the symptom items, for the sample as a whole (n = 84)
DISCUSSION
This study examines the psychometric properties of the CSDC (Saxe, 1997), a recently developed observer-rated measure of posttraumatic stress symptoms, and the first instrument to assess acute stress symptoms in children.
As used in this study with two subsamples, children with burns and those who experienced a traffic crash, the CSDC appears to have promising psychometric properties in both the acute and nonacute context.
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Supported by NIMH grant R01 MH57370 and SAMHSA grant U79 SM54305 to Dr. Saxe. Portions of this work were supported by MCHB grant R40 MC 00138 03 to Dr. Kassam-Adams and Dr. Flaura Winston.
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