TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Measuring Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Children: A Preliminary Validation of the Children's Responses to Trauma Inventory JO - Journal of child and adolescent trauma A1 - Alisic, Eva A1 - Kleber, Rolf J. SP - 192 EP - 192 VL - 3 IS - 3 N2 - 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

LA - SN - 1936-1521 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361521.2010.500979 ID - ref1 ER -