Child Stress Disorders Checklist: A Measure of ASD and PTSD in Children

Saxe, Glenn; Chawla, Neharika; Stoddard, Frederick J.; Kassam‐Adams, Nancy; Courtney, Diane; Cunningham, Kelly; Lopez, Carlos; Hall, Erin; Sheridan, Robert L.; King, Daniel W.; King, Lynda A.

doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000046887.27264.f3

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“…Eleven items from this measure were used to generate the parent event-related risk factor and two items were used to generate the parent pre-injury risk factor. The Child Stress Disorders Checklist (Saxe et al, 2003) includes 36 items rated on a 3-point scale and measures child PTSS since the time of the trauma. Total symptom count was used in analyses.…”

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Family functioning and posttraumatic stress symptoms in youth and their parents after unintentional pediatric injury

Coakley

Forbes

Kelley

et al. 2010

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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This study examined the association between family functioning and the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in youth and parents following an unintentional traumatic injury of a child. Fifty-one parent-child dyads completed questionnaires and a structured interview assessing PTSS and family functioning. Multiple regression analyses were applied to evaluate the contribution of family functioning to the development of PTSS after controlling for demographic characteristics and known predictors. Family functioning had both direct and moderating influences on the development of PTSS in parents. We were unable to demonstrate a systematic impact of family functioning on the development of PTSS in children from the same families.

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Family functioning and posttraumatic stress symptoms in youth and their parents after unintentional pediatric injury

Coakley

Forbes

Kelley

et al. 2010

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…However, such diagnoses are based on different forms of assessment; both questionnaires and structured interviews have been used, based on child, parent, or (in medical settings) nurse report (Saxe et al, 2003;La Greca et al, 1996). While the relationship between parent and child report of child psychopathology has received attention with regard to other anxiety disorders (Choudhury, Pimentel, & Kendall, 2003;Comer & Kendall, 2004;Dibartolo, Albano, Barlow, & Heimberg, 1998;Grills & Ollendick, 2003;Foley et al, 2004;Rapee, Barrett, Dadds, & Evans, 1994) and other emotional disorders (Grills & Ollendick, 2002), in the cases of ASD and PTSD there has been scant examination of this topic.…”

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confidence: 99%

Parent and Child Agreement for Acute Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other Psychopathology in a Prospective Study of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Single-Event Trauma

Meiser‐Stedman

Smith

Glucksman

et al. 2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Examining parent-child agreement for Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents is essential for informing the assessment of trauma-exposed children, yet no studies have examined this relationship using appropriate statistical techniques. Parent-child agreement for these disorders was examined by structured interview in a prospective study of assault and motor vehicle accident (MVA) child survivors, assessed at 2-4 weeks and 6 months post-trauma. Children were significantly more likely to meet criteria for ASD, as well as other ASD and PTSD symptom clusters, based on their own report than on their parent's report. Parent-child agreement for ASD was poor (Cohen's kappa = -.04), but fair for PTSD (Cohen's kappa = .21). Agreement ranged widely for other emotional disorders (Cohen's kappa = -.07-.64), with generalised anxiety disorder found to have superior parent-child agreement (when assessed by phi coefficients) relative to ASD and PTSD. The findings support the need to directly interview children and adolescents, particularly for the early screening of posttraumatic stress, and suggest that other anxiety disorders may have a clearer presentation post-trauma.

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“…Various secondary and process measures (Subjective Units of Disturbance; Wolpe, 1982; and Validity of Cognition scales; Shapiro, 1989) were taken to corroborate any improvements in trauma-specific symptoms and to determine whether such improvements generalised to non-trauma symptoms such as anxiety (State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children; Spielberger, 1973;Hedl & Papay, 1982;Papay & Speilberger, 1986), depression (Children's Depression Scale; Lang & Tisher, 1983;Tisher, Lang-Takac & Lang 1992;Tisher, 1995) and behavioural problems (Child Behaviour Checklist; Achenbach, 1991;Saxe et al, 2003;Vila et al, 2001). Parent measures included known correlates of childhood PTSD that were likely to impact upon recovery (Langeland & Olff, 2008) (the Child Post-Traumatic Stress -Reaction Index: Parent Questionnaire (henceforth referred to as the Parent PTS-RI), Nader, 1994;General Health Questionnaire -12, Goldberg, 1978; the Impact of Events Scale, Horowitz, Wilner, & Alvarez, 1979; the General Functioning Scale derived from the Family Assessment Device; Epstein, Baldwin & Bishop, 1983; and a checklist of social stressors).…”

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A wait-list controlled pilot study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms from motor vehicle accidents

Kemp

Drummond

McDermott

2009

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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The present study investigated the efficacy of four EMDR sessions in comparison to a six week wait-list control condition in the treatment of 27 children (aged 6 to 12 years) suffering from persistent PTSD symptoms after a motor vehicle accident. An effect for EMDR was identified on primary outcome and process measures including the Child Post Traumatic Stress -Reaction Index, clinician rated diagnostic criteria for PTSD, SubjectiveUnits of Disturbance and Validity of Cognition scales. All participants initially met two or more PTSD criteria. After EMDR treatment, this decreased to 25% in the EMDR group but remained at 100% in the wait-list group. Parent ratings of their child's PTSD symptoms showed no improvement, nor did a range of non-trauma child self-report and parent-reported symptoms. Treatment gains were maintained at three and 12 month follow up. These findings support the use of EMDR for treating symptoms of PTSD in children, although further replication and comparison studies are required.3

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Child Stress Disorders Checklist: A Measure of ASD and PTSD in Children

Cited by 72 publications

References 22 publications

Family functioning and posttraumatic stress symptoms in youth and their parents after unintentional pediatric injury

Family functioning and posttraumatic stress symptoms in youth and their parents after unintentional pediatric injury

Parent and Child Agreement for Acute Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other Psychopathology in a Prospective Study of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Single-Event Trauma

A wait-list controlled pilot study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms from motor vehicle accidents

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