Dehon Christopher, Scheeringa Michael S
University of New Orleans, LA, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2006 May;31(4):431-5. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj006. Epub 2005 Mar 3.
To examine the psychometric properties and utility of a Child Behavior Checklist-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CBCL-PTSD) Scale to screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in traumatized preschool children.
Data for this study were drawn from a study of young child trauma and consisted of 62 traumatized children, 23 months through 6 years of age. The children's mothers were interviewed about PTSD symptoms and then completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).
The modified CBCL-PTSD correlated highly with the number of PTSD symptoms from the interview (r = 0.66). The CBCL-PTSD scale predicted PTSD symptoms above and beyond the internalizing and externalizing scales of the CBCL. A cutoff score of nine on this scale possessed the best sensitivity and specificity in classifying those traumatized children who met diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
The modified CBCL-PTSD scale could be a useful cost-effective tool to screen for PTSD in traumatized, preschool-age children.
检验儿童行为清单-创伤后应激障碍（CBCL-PTSD）量表的心理测量特性及效用，以筛查受创伤学龄前儿童的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）。
本研究数据取自一项关于幼儿创伤的研究，包括62名年龄在23个月至6岁之间的受创伤儿童。研究人员就PTSD症状对儿童的母亲进行了访谈，随后母亲们完成了儿童行为清单（CBCL）。
改良后的CBCL-PTSD与访谈中PTSD症状的数量高度相关（r = 0.66）。CBCL-PTSD量表在预测PTSD症状方面，超出了CBCL的内化和外化量表。该量表的临界值为9时，在对符合PTSD诊断标准的受创伤儿童进行分类时，具有最佳的敏感性和特异性。
改良后的CBCL-PTSD量表可能是一种有用且经济高效的工具，用于筛查受创伤的学龄前儿童的PTSD。
