Research on the Use of Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) in Clinical Assessment of Children with a History of Abuse
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2016, Vol 19, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Abuse and neglect are frequently associated in the literature with a number of harmful effects that negatively affects a child's physical and mental development, leading to atypical patterns and adjustment problems in adulthood. Objectives: The aim of this study was to establish the reliability of Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) to assess specific symptoms of physically, emotionally and sexually abused children. Methods: 150 children aged between 7 and 14 years old were involved in the investigation and tested using the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC). ). The subjects were divided in three groups, based on their clinical history, as follows: 50 children came from the classical protection system, 50 children were in the care of a professional caregiver and the control group which consisted of 50 children without a history of abuse. Results: The results indicate that the three groups differed significantly on all six clinical scales: Anxiety (ANX), Depression (DEP), Posttraumatic Stress (PTS), Sexual Concerns (SC), Dissociation (DIS), and Anger (ANG). If comparisons among children with a history of abuse from the classical protection system or in the care of a professional caregiver and children from the control group showed significant differences regarding Anxiety (ANX), Depression (DEP), Posttraumatic Stress (PTS), Sexual Concerns (SC), Dissociation (DIS), and Anger (ANG). The study indicated that there are no major differences between the residential group and the foster care group. Conclusions: the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) proved to be a sensitive instrument in assessing the various functions of children’s personality that can be used as one component of a multi-method assessment battery and can easily be incorporated as such and adapted to the Romanian specific.
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Gabriela Marc
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