OToPS/Item Overlap Methodology/Pediatric PTSD Scales
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[edit | edit source]Deericks, H. A., Baggs, J. J., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024, August 5). Assessing Content Overlap in Pediatric PTSD Scales: A Comparative Analysis. [Poster Presentation]. Summer Student Poster Session 2024, Columbus, OH, United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PU6ZK
Item Overlap for Pediatric PTSD Severity
[edit | edit source]| Symptoms | CATS[1] | CBCL[2] | CPSS[3] | DIPA[4] | IES-R[5] | KSADS[6] | LASC[7] | PSS-SR[8] | UCLA PTSD-RI[9] | YCPC[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aches/Pains | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Anger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anxiety | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argumentative Behavior | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Avoidance of Emotions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Avoidance of External Reminders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Avoidance of Thoughts | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Blackouts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaming Others | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Clinginess | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Depression | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desire for Solitude | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Difficulty Concentrating | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Difficulty in Public Settings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Diminshed Interests in Activities | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Disturbing Thoughts | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Dream-like State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Engaging in Unsafe Behaviors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Estrangement from Others | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Excessive Sleepiness | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extreme Feelings (ex: Angry) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fear | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Feelings of Disgust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Feelings of Loneliness | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Feelings of Shame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Flashbacks | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Foggy Thinking | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Freezing Response | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| General Discomfort | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hopeless | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hostility | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hyperalertness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Inability to Experience Positive Emotions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Inability to Express Emotions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Increased Caution | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irritability | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Issues with Authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jumpiness | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Lack of Enjoyment | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lightheaded | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loss of Strong Feelings | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Memory Loss | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Night Terrors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nightmares | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Numbness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out of Body Experiences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Persistent Negative Emotions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Physical Aggression | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Poor Financial Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Problems at School | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reenacting Trauma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Regression to Earlier Behaviors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Relationship Problems | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Restlessness | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Revenge Fantasies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Saying Prayers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-Consciousness | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Social Withdrawal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Strong Memories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Substance Abuse | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Suicidal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Survivor Guilt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Temper Outburts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tension | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trouble Falling or Staying Asleep | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Trust Issues | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Unreal Experiences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Upset Feelings | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Weight Management Issues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Which Question Assesses Which Symptom?
[edit | edit source]| Symptom | CATS[1] | CBCL[2] | CPSS[3] | DIPA[4] | IES-R[5] | KSADS[6] | LASC[7] | PSS-SR[8] | UCLA PTSD-RI[9] | YCPC[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aches/Pains | 20 | 56,57,61,62 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3,23,41,37 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |
| Anger | 30 | 29 | ||||||||
| Anxiety | 50 | 35 | 20 | |||||||
| Argumentative Behavior | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Avoidance of Emotions | 23 | 5,12,22 | 6 | 13 | ||||||
| Avoidance of External Reminders | 22 | 7 | 23,24 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 23,24 | |
| Avoidance of Thoughts | 21 | 6 | 17,11 | 6 | 13 | |||||
| Blackouts | 10 | |||||||||
| Blaming Others | 25 | 10 | 15 | |||||||
| Clinginess | 11 | 35 | 34 | |||||||
| Depression | 110 | 31 | ||||||||
| Desire for Solitude | 42 | 2 | ||||||||
| Difficulty Concentrating | 34 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 31 | |
| Difficulty in Public Settings | 43 | 41 | ||||||||
| Diminshed Interests in Activities | 27,37 | 9,21 | 26 | 21,42 | 12 | 7 | 25 | |||
| Disturbing Thoughts | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| Dream-like State | 13,17 | 31 | ||||||||
| Engaging in Unsafe Behaviors | 31 | 2,18 | 16 | 26 | ||||||
| Estrangement from Others | 28 | 10,19,20,23 | 42 | 2 | 32,33 | 13 | 17 | 37,38,40 | ||
| Excessive Sleepines | 84 | 17 | ||||||||
| Extreme Feelings (ex: Angry) | 26 | 29 | 16 | |||||||
| Fear | 50 | 38 | 20,38 | 11 | 25,9,11 | 22,36 | ||||
| Feelings of Digust | 9 | 6 | ||||||||
| Feelings of Loneliness | 12 | 2 | 32,33 | 13 | 17 | |||||
| Feelings of Shame | 11 | 22 | ||||||||
| Flashbacks | 18 | 1,3 | 19 | 14,1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Foggy Thinking | 13 | 30 | ||||||||
| Freezing Response | 20 | 19 | ||||||||
| General Discomfort | 11 | |||||||||
| Hopeless | 12 | |||||||||
| Hostility | 15 | |||||||||
| Hyperalertness | 30 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 29 | ||||
| Inability to Experience Positive Emotions | 24 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 27 | |||||
| Inability to Express Emotions | 19 | |||||||||
| Increased Caution | 32 | 16 | 30 | 5 | ||||||
| Irritability | 93 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 28 | ||
| Issues with Authority | 39 | |||||||||
| Jumpiness | 33 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 34 | 18 | 24 | 30 | ||
| Lack of Enjoyment | 29 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 25 | |||||
| Lightheaded | 51 | 26 | ||||||||
| Loss of Strong Feelings | 11 | |||||||||
| Memory Loss | 23 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 23 | |||||
| Night Terrors | 36 | 17 | ||||||||
| Nightmares | 17 | 47 | 2 | 17,18 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| Numbness | 13 | 43 | ||||||||
| Out of Body Experiences | 28 | |||||||||
| Persistent Negative Emotions | 25 | 3 | 11 | 22 | ||||||
| Physical Aggression | 33 | |||||||||
| Poor Financial Management | 12 | |||||||||
| Problems at School | 38 | 30,68 | 22 | 41 | 6,7,13 | 39 | ||||
| Reenacting Trauma | 15,16 | 15 | ||||||||
| Regression to Earlier Behaviors | 37 | 35 | ||||||||
| Relationship Problems | 36 | 25 | 20,23 | 27,39,40 | 2 | 16,27 | 13 | 37,38,40 | ||
| Restlessness | 10 | 4 | ||||||||
| Revenge Fantasies | 27 | |||||||||
| Saying Prayers | 18 | |||||||||
| Self-Consciousness | 24 | 78 | 44 | 30 | 2 | |||||
| Social Withdrawal | 118 | 27 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
| Strong Memories | 14 | 6,9 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| Substance Abuse | 112,2 | 2,18 | 16 | |||||||
| Suicidal | 98,18 | 22 | 20 | |||||||
| Survivor Guilt | 25 | 11 | 19 | |||||||
| Temper Outburts | 29 | 8 | 22 | |||||||
| Tension | 20 | |||||||||
| Trouble Falling or Staying Asleep | 35 | 107 | 13 | 33,34 | 2,15 | 1,28,35 | 20 | 21 | 32 | |
| Trust Issues | 34 | 2 | 41 | 9 | 16 | |||||
| Unreal Experiences | 7 | 29 | ||||||||
| Upset Feelings | 19 | 110 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 22,42 | |||
| Weight Management Issues | 36,24 |


References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sachser, Cedric; Berliner, Lucy; Holt, Tonje; Jensen, Tine K.; Jungbluth, Nathaniel; Risch, Elizabeth; Rosner, Rita; Goldbeck, Lutz (2017-03). "International development and psychometric properties of the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS)". Journal of Affective Disorders 210: 189–195. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.12.040. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165032716313581.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Achenbach, T.M., & Rescorla, L. A. (2001). Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms and Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, and Families.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Foa, E. B., Johnson, K. M., Feeny, N. C., & Treadwell, K. R. H. (2001). The Child PTSD Symptom Scale: A preliminary examination of its psychometric properties. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30(3), 376-384.
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kaufman, J., Birmaher, B., Brent, D., Rao, U., Flynn, C., Moreci, P., Williamson, D., & Ryan, N. (1997). Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for school-age children-present and lifetime version (K-SADS-PL): Initial reliability and validity data. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(7), 980–988. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199707000-00021
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 King, L., King, D., Leskin, G., & Foy, D. (1995). The Los Angeles Symptom Checklist: A self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder. Assessment, 2(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191195002001001
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Foa, E., Cashman, L., Jaycox, L., & Perry, K. (1997). The validation of a self-report measure of PTSD: The Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. Psychological Assessment, 9(4), 445-451. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.9.4.445
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Steinberg, A. M., Brymer, M., Decker, K., & Pynoos, R. S. (2004). The University of California at Los Angeles Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index. Current Psychiatry Reports, 6: 96-100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-004-0048-2
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