A Parental Tool to Screen for Posttraumatic Stress in Children: First Psychometric Results

The Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-13) is a brief self-report measure designed to screen children for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study investigates the psychometric properties of a Dutch version of the CRIES-13–parent version and evaluates its correlation with the child version. A sample of 59 trauma-exposed children (8 years–18 years) and their parents completed an assessment including the CRIES-13 (child/parent version) along with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Parent version. Results demonstrated good internal consistency (? = .87) with acceptable values for the 3 subscales. A strong correlation (r = .73) with another measure of PTSD and lower correlations with a behavioral measure (r = .15 to .38) were found, confirming the convergent/divergent validity. A cutoff score ? 31 emerged as the best balance between sensitivity and specificity, and correctly classified 83.6% of all children as having a diagnosis of PTSD. This study provides support for the reliability and validity of the CRIES-13–parent version as a screening measure for posttraumatic stress in children.

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Reference: 
Verlinden E,Laar YLv,Meijel Ev,Opmeer BC,Beer R,Roos Cd,Bicanic IAE,Lamers-Winkelman F,Olff M,Boer F,Lindauer RJL, | 2014
In: Journal of Traumatic Stress, ISSN 0894-9867 | 27 | 4 | augustus | 492-495
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jts.21929/abstract
Affiliation author(s): 
ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre