Traumatic Events Screening Inventory Parent Report Revised (TESI-PRR) and Child Report Form (TESI-CRF)

The TESI assesses exposure to potentially traumatic events including non-interpersonal (accident, illness, disaster), interpersonal (physical, sexual, emotional abuse; physical, emotional neglect, witnessing family or community violence, peer/sibling victimization, kidnapping, war, parental impairment) and loss (primary caregiver, family members). Events are identified with probes for onset, offset, person(s) involved, and DSM-IV Criterion A2 fear, helplessness, horror.

Overview

Acronym:

TESI-PRR, TESI-CRF

Authors:

Julian Ford, Chandra Ghosh-Ippen

Citation:

Choi, K. R., McCreary, M., Ford, J. D., Rahmanian Koushkaki, S., Kenan, K. N., & Zima, B. T. (2019). Validation of the Traumatic Events Screening Inventory for ACEs. Pediatrics, 143(4). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2546

Contact Information:

The measure can be obtained free of charge from Chandra Ghosh-Ippen (TESI-PRR) Chandra.Ghosh@ucsf.edu and Julian Ford (TESI-CRF) jford@uchc.edu.

Cost:

Free

Copyrighted:

Domain Assessed:

Trauma Exposure/Reminders

Traumatic Stress

Parent, Caregiver, Family Mental Health and Functioning

Age Range:

3-17

Measure Type:

Screening

In-depth Assessment

Measure Format:

Questionnaire

Semi-structured Interview

Administration

Sample Items:


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Psychometrics

Reliability:


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Construct Validity:


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Intervention Effects
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Sensitive to Theoretically Distinct Groups
Factorial Validity

Criterion Validity:


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Predictive Validity:
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Translations

Languages:

English

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Population Information

Use with Diverse Populations:


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Pros & Cons/References

References:

Daviss, W. B., Mooney, D., Racusin, R., Ford, J. D., Fleischer, A., & McHugo, G. J. (2000). Predicting posttraumatic stress after hospitalization for pediatric injury. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 39(5), 576-583. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200005000-00011

Daviss, W. B., Racusin, R., Fleischer, A., Mooney, D., Ford, J. D., & McHugo, G. J. (2000). Acute stress disorder symptomatology during hospitalization for pediatric injury. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 39(5), 569-575. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200005000-00010

Ford, J. D., Racusin, R., Daviss, W. B., Ellis, C. G., Thomas, J., Rogers, K., Reiser, J., Schiffman, J., & Sengupta, A. (1999). Trauma exposure among children with oppositional defiant disorder and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. J Consult Clin Psychol, 67(5), 786-789. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10535245

Last Updated:

Thursday, November 4, 2021

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