Development of a Checklist of Potentially Traumatic Events in Children and Adolescents (CEPT-CA).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Since exposure to potentially traumatic events during childhood and adolescence has been shown to be very common, its screening is very important. Our aim was to develop a self-assessment checklist to perform screening of potentially traumatic events in childhood and adolescence.

Methods

The development of the Checklist of Potentially Traumatic Events in Children and Adolescents (CEPT-CA) was based on: (a) the structure of Life Events Checklist that has been translated, back-translated, and adapted; (b) recommendations of renowned entities about trauma in childhood; (c) particularities of potentially traumatic events in childhood; (d) adapting the language to the target population's age group; (e) Portugal's sociocultural context. The preliminary version of the

SUBMITTER: Barroca I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11320104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature