DOI: 10.3886/icpsr39433.v1
title: CTDA 1036: Posttraumatic Stress, Appraisals, and Coping in Children Age 8 to 13 Hospitalized for Injury and Their Parents, United States, 2012-2015
title: Version 1

description: Millions of children suffer unintentional injuries
annually. While the majority display transient psychological distress, a significant
minority develop significant, persistent symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) that are associated with poorer general health outcomes and impaired
quality of life. Understanding variables that contribute to the development of
PTSD is an essential step in identifying children at increased risk for PTSD
and improving secondary prevention to reduce the incidence of PTSD in children
following medical events.
The objective of this study was to examine the
interplay of biological, psychological (cognitive appraisals, coping), and
environmental (parent influence) factors during the peri-trauma time period as these
relate to the development of child PTSD symptoms over time. 
Children age 8-13 with a recent injury (within the past 2 weeks) and one
parent / caregiver per child were enrolled during an inpatient hospitalization.
At the time of enrollment, and again 6 weeks and 12 weeks post-injury, children
and parents completed measures of cognitive appraisals, coping, coping
assistance, and PTSD symptoms. A brief parent-child interaction task was completed
at the time of the baseline assessment - data from this task-based assessment
are not included in this dataset.
description: The purpose of this study was to examine posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in youth who experienced inpatient hospitalization for an injury, and to better understand how personal coping skills and coping assistance provided by parents impacts PTSS over time.
description: Children and their parents were enrolled in this three-part study upon admission to a hospital for a recent injury. Participants completed the initial assessment within 2 weeks of injury, and completed follow-up surveys at 6 and 12 weeks following the injury. The initial assessment screened for trauma history, the six-week follow-up included questions about coping skills, and all three rounds of the survey asked participants about posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Heart rate data was drawn from medical records.
description: Variables in Child Trauma Data Archive (CTDA) datasets
have been standardized for cross-study analysis. For variable naming
conventions, please refer to the CTDA Data Manual.
Study-level metadata: study title and P.I.,
series ID, methodology (e.g., recruitment setting type)
Traumatic event descriptors: type of traumatic event, event
circumstances, time since event
Demographics: child/adolescent age, sex, race/ethnicity;
parent/caregiver sex, race/ethnicity, education level,
relation to child/adolescent
Stress items: emotions, cognitions, and behaviors experienced by the
child/adolescent during and following the incident (e.g., isolation,
numbness, dissociation, poor memory, nightmares)
Mental health symptoms: depression, anxiety, self-esteem, suicidal
ideation, nervousness
Coping and help seeking items from common scales
Pulse in-transit and upon admission to the hospital
description: Presence of Common Scales: 
Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS)
Help Seeking Questionnaire (CHOP-developed scale)
How I Coped Under Pressure Scale (HICUPS)
Parent Socialization of Coping Questionnaire (PSCQ) - Short
Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI)
PTSD Checklist (PCL)
Reactions to Research Participation Questionnaire (RRPQ) 
Social Problem Solving Inventory--Revised (SPSI--R) 
UCLA PTSD Reaction Index - Trauma History Scale only
description: Convenience sample of children enrolled during hospital admission.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CTDA 1036: Posttraumatic Stress, Appraisals, and Coping in Children Age 8 to 13 Hospitalized for Injury and Their Parents, United States, 2012-2015
description: Children exposed to a recent potentially traumatic event. Smallest Geographic Unit: Country
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 website 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.