Identifying traumatization in young children through structured play: validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening (OCTS) in Lithuania.

ABSTRACT: Background: There is a need for valid methods to evaluate young children's (4-8 years) psychological difficulties related to traumatic experiences. The Odense Child Trauma Screening (OCTS), developed by Danish researchers, is a play-based story stem assessment tool developed to screen for indicators of traumatization in young children. Just a few studies of the OCTS have been published so far.Objective: The current study aimed to test the reliability and convergent validity of the OCTS in the Lithuanian community and risk subsamples of young children aged 4-8 years.Method: The total sample consisted of 209 participants (58.9% girls) from the community (47.4%) and risk (52.6%) subsamples, Mage = 6.29 (SD = 1.48). All children were screened with the OCTS, a

SUBMITTER: Zelviene P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894742 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature