The TESI is a 15-item clinician-administered interview that
assesses a child’s experience of a variety of potential
traumatic events including current and previous injuries,
hospitalizations, domestic violence, community violence, disasters,
accidents, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. Additional questions
assess PTSD Criterion A and other additional information about the
specifics of the event(s).
Sample Item
Have you ever been in a really bad accident, like a care
accident, a fall, or a fire? How old were you when this happened?
Were you hurt? [What was the hurt?] Did you go to the doctor or
hospital? Was someone else hurt in the accident? [Who? What was the
hurt? Did they go to the doctor or the hospital?]
Versions
The TESI-CRF-R (Ippen et al., 2002) is a revised 24-item version
of the original TESI. It is available in a child-report form
(TESI-CRF-R) and parent report form (TESI-PRF-R). It was revised to
be more developmentally sensitive to the traumatic experiences that
young children may experience. This version is available from
Chandra Ghosh Ippen at Chandra.ghosh@ucsf.edu.
References
Ribbe, D. (1996). Psychometric review of Traumatic Event
Screening Instrument for Children (TESI-C). In B. H. Stamm (Ed.),
Measurement of stress, trauma, and adaptation (pp. 386-387).
Lutherville, MD: Sidran Press.
Ippen, C. G., Ford, J., Racusin, R., Acker, M., Bosquet, M.,
Rogers, K., Ellis, C., Schiffman, J., Ribbe, D.,Cone, P., Lukovitz,
M., & Edwards, J. (2002). Traumatic Events Screening Inventory
- Parent Report Revised.
