I am intersted in measuring trauma exposed to protracted conflict. among young adults (20-28 years). There are many tests which measure PTSD but I think PTSD or other mental distress (Depression/Anxiety) are the outcomes of trauma but not the trauma per se. There is one Child War Trauma Questionnaire but its too long and there are many items which need to be qualitatively answered.
Either modify the scale you know or use a scale from 0 to 10 where the adults rate the severity of their trauma. Then add their own narrative about what happened and how they felt. Only the one who experienced the trauma knows how it felt. then you do a content analysis of the answers. You can look at the part with free answers in the attached paper.
I completely agree with S. Béatrice Marianne Ewalds-Kvist 's answer.
Regards,
thanks for the reply,, Ill modify some of the questions relevant for the study. Ill also include a section on narrative of what happened, how it happened, when it happened and what is the status now.
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