I have some passages where participants wrote about a trauma they had experienced within their life (it could be recent or during childhood). I want a scale that I can use to score the trauma severity of the event they are describing (i.e. death of a close family member would be rated as worse then having a minor accident).
I know there is the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) but from my reading this tool is heavily criticised. Any suggestions? It needs to be something that I can use to code the text, not an interview schedule or self-report Q
Hi Cassie,
These links may interest you.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189805/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207191/
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/health/materials/lifeevents.pdf
Consider the Symptoms of Trauma Scale (SOTS)
Article The Symptoms of Trauma Scale (SOTS)
I'd concur with everything that's been said. You might also want to take a look at the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/about.html) and give some thought to how your hypotheses map onto existing frameworks like interpersonal/intimate vs. non-interpersonal/non-intimate trauma (i.e., abuse/assault vs. natural disaster http://www.samhsa.gov/trauma-violence/types; http://www.psychiatrist.com/JCP/article/Pages/2014/v75n02/v75n0210.aspx). Sounds like you're doing some very interesting work -- please keep us posted!
The CAPS scales are kind of a golden standard. They consider frequency and intensity ítem by ítem que this vives a notion of severity.
Best
Francisco
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