Citation

Alisic E, Kleber RJ. J. Child Adolesc. Trauma 2010; 3(3): 192.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1080/19361521.2010.500979

PMID

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Abstract

The Children's Responses to Trauma Inventory (CRTI) is a self-report measure for posttraumatic stress reactions in children. We validated the original CRTI through secondary data analysis of four clinical and nonclinical samples (N = 96) and expert consultation. After revision, the CRTI was further validated in 8- to 12-year-old traumatized children in the general population (N = 243). The original CRTI showed moderate to excellent reliability and both convergent and discriminant validity, but it also had limitations in formulation and scope of the items. The revised measure showed good to excellent reliability. Convergent validity was established against measures for posttraumatic stress and quality of life. These preliminary results must be confirmed in larger samples with more extensive analyses.

Keywords: children; trauma; posttraumatic stress; PTSD; measure; self-report questionnaire; validation