Overview
The TSCYC is used to evalute acute and chronic post-traumatic symptomatology in young children.
Suitable for
Suitable for use with caregivers of children aged 3 to 12 years.
Product Description
Following the success of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) in evaluating older children (ages 8 to 16 years), the TSCYC is the first fully standardised and normed broadband trauma measure for children as young as 3 years of age.
The TSCYC is a 90-item caregiver-report instrument, with separate norms for males and females and for three age groups: 3-4 years, 5-9 years, and 10-12 years. Caregivers rate each symptom on a 4-point scale according to how often the symptom has occurred in the previous month. Unlike most other caregiver-report measures, the TSCYC contains specific scales to ascertain the validity of caregiver reports (Response Level and Atypical Response), as well as providing norm-referenced data (US) on the number of waking hours the caregiver spends with the child in the average week (0-1 hours to over 60 hours).
Areas measured
- Two validity scales: Response Level and Atypical Response
- Eight clinical scales: Anxiety, Depression, Anger/Aggression, Post-Traumatic Stress-Intrusion, Post-traumatic Stress-Avoidance, Post-Traumatic Stress-Arousal, Dissociation, Sexual Concerns.
- Summary posttraumatic stress score (Post-traumatic Stress-Total).
The scales provide a detailed evaluation of post-traumatic stress, as well as information on other symptoms found in many traumatised children.
The PTSD Diagnosis Worksheet aids the user in ascertaining the PTSD status of the child according to the DSM-IV-TR. It incorporates information from the TSCYC to assist the user in evaluating PTSD criteria in younger children, and provides a possible PTSD diagnosis in children 5 years of age or older (sensitivity = .72, specificity = .75).
The TSCYC is appropriate for English speaking caregivers, including those who have a relatively low reading level (Flesch-Kincade score = 6.8).
Once the TSCYC is administered to the caregiver, the Answer Sheet is hand-scored by the practitioner using the Scoring Sheet and the PTSD Diagnosis Worksheet.
Resulting raw scores are converted and plotted as T-scores, depending on the child’s gender and age.
Qualification level required:
Level 2. Please see our Test User Qualifications page for guidance
Norms
Stratified sample of 750 US children.
Administration Time
15 to 20 minutes
Language Versions
English
Publication Date
1999
