Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States
Background: The review of trauma screening tools for children and adolescents indicates a need for developmentally and linguistically appropriate, globally applicable, free, and easily accessible trauma screening instruments. Objective: The aim of this study is to adapt the Global Psychotrauma Scree...
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| author | Emma Grace Shanelle Sotilleo Rosalind Rogers Renee Doe Miranda Olff |
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| description | Background: The review of trauma screening tools for children and adolescents indicates a need for developmentally and linguistically appropriate, globally applicable, free, and easily accessible trauma screening instruments. Objective: The aim of this study is to adapt the Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS) for children and adolescents in the United States. Method: Using the modified Delphi method, this study included the GPS Expert Consensus (GPS-EC) and the GPS Stakeholder Consensus (GPS-SC) substudies. In the GPS-EC, ten reviewers who specialize in trauma services independently revised the GPS child and adolescent versions in four rounds. In the GPS-SC, a stratified minimum sample of children and adolescents (n = 24) and their parents (n = 24) were interviewed to collect feedback on the revised GPS versions. Results: In the GPS-EC Round 1, a low level of consensus was observed on the anxiety (restlessness) and depression (loss of interest) items. In Round 2, a high level of consensus was achieved on all but PTSD hypervigilance and detachment, and CPTSD self-concept items. Round 3 indicated a low level of consensus on the exposure and functioning items. Full consensus was achieved in Round 4 on all items. In the GPS-SC, children had more difficulties than adolescents with the exposure, dissociation, and risk-protection items. Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, the semantic adaptation process concluded with implementation of six decisions on the final GPS versions for children and adolescents: adding a non-binary gender choice for adolescents; removing the exposure section; using a full-sentence structure for children and a phrase structure for adolescents; retaining the two-part items on PTSD intrusion and avoidance, retaining self-blame but removing other-blame in the PTSD-blame item; providing specific descriptions of depersonalization and derealization in the dissociation items; and removing risk-protection and functioning items for children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da68b238d6e245909af8c07646538b252023-04-18T14:59:09ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology2000-80662021-01-0112110.1080/20008198.2021.19110801911080Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United StatesEmma Grace0Shanelle Sotilleo1Rosalind Rogers2Renee Doe3Miranda Olff4The Chicago School of Professional PsychologyThe Chicago School of Professional PsychologyThe Chicago School of Professional PsychologyThe Chicago School of Professional PsychologyAmsterdam UMCBackground: The review of trauma screening tools for children and adolescents indicates a need for developmentally and linguistically appropriate, globally applicable, free, and easily accessible trauma screening instruments. Objective: The aim of this study is to adapt the Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS) for children and adolescents in the United States. Method: Using the modified Delphi method, this study included the GPS Expert Consensus (GPS-EC) and the GPS Stakeholder Consensus (GPS-SC) substudies. In the GPS-EC, ten reviewers who specialize in trauma services independently revised the GPS child and adolescent versions in four rounds. In the GPS-SC, a stratified minimum sample of children and adolescents (n = 24) and their parents (n = 24) were interviewed to collect feedback on the revised GPS versions. Results: In the GPS-EC Round 1, a low level of consensus was observed on the anxiety (restlessness) and depression (loss of interest) items. In Round 2, a high level of consensus was achieved on all but PTSD hypervigilance and detachment, and CPTSD self-concept items. Round 3 indicated a low level of consensus on the exposure and functioning items. Full consensus was achieved in Round 4 on all items. In the GPS-SC, children had more difficulties than adolescents with the exposure, dissociation, and risk-protection items. Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, the semantic adaptation process concluded with implementation of six decisions on the final GPS versions for children and adolescents: adding a non-binary gender choice for adolescents; removing the exposure section; using a full-sentence structure for children and a phrase structure for adolescents; retaining the two-part items on PTSD intrusion and avoidance, retaining self-blame but removing other-blame in the PTSD-blame item; providing specific descriptions of depersonalization and derealization in the dissociation items; and removing risk-protection and functioning items for children.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1911080global psychotrauma screenchildadolescentsemantic adaptationdelphi method |
| spellingShingle | Emma Grace Shanelle Sotilleo Rosalind Rogers Renee Doe Miranda Olff Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States European Journal of Psychotraumatology global psychotrauma screen child adolescent semantic adaptation delphi method |
| title | Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States |
| title_full | Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States |
| title_short | Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States |
| title_sort | semantic adaptation of the global psychotrauma screen for children and adolescents in the united states |
| topic | global psychotrauma screen child adolescent semantic adaptation delphi method |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1911080 |
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