DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38902.v1
title: CTDA 1003: Development of the Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids) in Children Age 8 to 17, United States, 2002-2004
title: Version 1

description: Exposure to traumatic events is a common experience for children and adolescents. Accurate early assessment of acute stress responses can help predict risk for longer term sequelae and can guide secondary prevention to reduce the incidence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after trauma exposure.
The goal of this project was to develop a practical self-report measure of acute stress disorder (ASD) for children and adolescents, and to provide initial evidence as to its reliability and validity. The specific aims of the project were to:

Aim 1: Establish the content validity of a pilot Child ASD measure for ages 8 to 17, based on expert review and youth feedback.
Aim 2: In a sample of recently injured children (n=176), assess the psychometric properties of the measure: internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent and discriminant validity with other measures and other reporters.
Aim 3: Provide initial data regarding the predictive validity of the Child ASD measure in relation to later PTSD development in the same sample of children.
This collection includes data related to Aims 2 and 3.
description: The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a brief child self-report measure of acute stress reactions that would be practical to administrate to children and adolescents who had recently been exposed to a traumatic event, as well as practical for clinical and research settings.
description: In Phase 1 of the study, researchers developed and refined a self-report measure of child acute stress based on previous work in this area. An expert panel reviewed items for content validity and provided feedback. The revised measure was then pilot tested with children/adolescents attending a pediatric hospital for a follow-up appointment after a recent traumatic injury.
In Phase 2, researchers assessed the final measure (Acute Stress Checklist for Children, or ASC-Kids) with a sample of 176 children/adolescents hospitalized with a recent injury or illness (within 1 month). Both children/adolescents and their caregivers completed surveys. To assess test-retest reliability, each child was given a second copy of the ASC-Kids measure to complete the next day and return by mail. To assess predictive validity, participants were contacted three months post-injury to complete a follow-up survey.
description: Study-level metadata: study title and P.I., series ID, methodology (e.g., weights, recruitment setting type) 
Traumatic event descriptors: injury or illness type/cause, degree of exposure (i.e., direct or indirect), injury circumstance
Demographics: age, sex, race/ethnicity, education (caregivers only)
Scales: individual item scores for the Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids), Child and Adolescent Trauma Survey (CATS), Child Stress Disorders Checklist (CSDC), Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC), and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL); calculated scores for Youth Self Report
description: Presence of Common Scales: 
Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids)
Child and Adolescent Trauma Survey (CATS)
Child Stress Disorders Checklist (CSDC)
Pediatric Symptom Checklist - 17 item version (PSC-17)
Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Achenbach Youth Self Report (YSR)
description: The research team recruited and enrolled via convenience sampling children aged 8 to 17 from a large urban pediatric hospital during admission or a follow-up visit within one month of a medical event. Child abuse related injuries were excluded.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CTDA 1003: Development of the Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids) in Children Age 8 to 17, United States, 2002-2004
description: Children exposed to a recent potentially traumatic event.
description: mail questionnaire; on-site questionnaire; telephone interviewThis project is part of the Child Trauma Data Archives (CTDA). For more information, please visit the CTDA series and refer to the Collection Notes document under the Data and Documentation tab.This project is intended to be used in cross-study analysis with other child trauma datasets.Some documentation may reflect a previous version of the study title and PI affiliations. For the latest metadata, please see this study homepage.