Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren

Early identification of young children exposed to trauma who are at risk of developing post-trauma symptomatology such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other emotional or behavioral problems is important for allocating appropriate treatment and preventing long-term consequences. However, a...

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Main Authors: Løkkegaard Sille Schandorph, Elmose Mette, Elklit Ask
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-01-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2021-013
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description Early identification of young children exposed to trauma who are at risk of developing post-trauma symptomatology such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other emotional or behavioral problems is important for allocating appropriate treatment and preventing long-term consequences. However, assessment of young children exposed to trauma is challenging because children may not be able to talk about their trauma or trauma reactions. Story stem tools combine storytelling and play to access the internal world of young children and can be used in the assessment of children exposed to trauma.
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spelling doaj.art-6ccc6d32bd1a4603a73e7061f644536e2023-08-21T06:43:04ZengSciendoScandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology2245-88752021-01-019111312610.21307/sjcapp-2021-013Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildrenLøkkegaard Sille Schandorph0Elmose Mette1Elklit Ask2Danish National Center of Psychotraumatology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark;Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkDanish National Center of Psychotraumatology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark;Early identification of young children exposed to trauma who are at risk of developing post-trauma symptomatology such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other emotional or behavioral problems is important for allocating appropriate treatment and preventing long-term consequences. However, assessment of young children exposed to trauma is challenging because children may not be able to talk about their trauma or trauma reactions. Story stem tools combine storytelling and play to access the internal world of young children and can be used in the assessment of children exposed to trauma.https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2021-013traumanarrative story stem techniquedoll-playpreschool and young schoolchildrenvalidityreliability
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Elklit Ask
Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
trauma
narrative story stem technique
doll-play
preschool and young schoolchildren
validity
reliability
title Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren
title_full Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren
title_fullStr Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren
title_full_unstemmed Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren
title_short Development and initial validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening: a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren
title_sort development and initial validation of the odense child trauma screening a story stem screening tool for preschool and young schoolchildren
topic trauma
narrative story stem technique
doll-play
preschool and young schoolchildren
validity
reliability
url https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2021-013
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