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Developmental, child, family and couple

UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5.

UCLA PTSD-RI

What it measures
child/adolescent post-traumatic stress - trauma-exposure history plus DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters (intrusion, avoidance, negative cognitions/mood, arousal) and dissociative subtype
Length and format
~31 symptom items + trauma-history screen; child, adolescent and parent versions. 5-point past-month frequency (0-4); summed severity + DSM-5 diagnostic algorithm (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
many incl. ES, AR, ZH, FR, and numerous humanitarian-setting adaptations
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
copyrighted - author permission

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Reference
Steinberg, A. M., Brymer, M. J., Decker, K. B., & Pynoos, R. S. (2004). The University of California at Los Angeles Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index. Current Psychiatry Reports, 6(2), 96-100.

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