Life Events Checklist for DSM-5.

LEC-5

What it measures

Lifetime exposure to 16 categories of potentially traumatic events (plus an 'other' item); a trauma-history screen, not a symptom-severity measure (Criterion-A companion)

Length and format

17 event categories. Exposure endorsement (happened to me / witnessed / learned about / part of job / not sure / does not apply); extended/standard/Criterion-A formats (checklist/symptom inventory)

Language versions

Multiple languages incl. ES, DE, NL, ZH and others (fielded with the PCL-5/CAPS-5)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Gray, M. J., Litz, B. T., Hsu, J. L., & Lombardo, T. W. (2004). Psychometric properties of the Life Events Checklist. Assessment, 11(4), 330-341.