Trauma Symptom Review for Adolescents (TSRA)
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A self-report trauma-impact measure for
adolescents, ages 12 to 17 years

 

The TSRA contains the following scales and critical items, developed specifically to tap the major issues of traumatized adolescents: 

Validity scales

Negative Bias (NB)
Positive Bias (PB)

Trauma exposure and emotional maltreatment

Total Trauma Exposure (TTE) [8 trauma items]

Caretaker Psychological Maltreatment (CPM) [2 items]
Caretaker Unavailability (CU) [2 items]
Peer Rejection (PR) [2 items]

Clinical scales 

Anxiety (ANX)
Depression (DEP)
Anger/Aggression (ANG)
Sexual Concerns (SC)
Posttraumatic Stress (PTS)
Dissociation (DIS)
Attachment Insecurity (AI)
Tension Reduction Behavior (TRB)
Social Withdrawal (SW)
Vulnerability to Victimization (VV)


Critical items

Suicidality/Self-injurious behavior
Substance abuse
Bingeing/Purging
Risky sexual behavior
Potential aggression
Hallucinations


The TSRA is currently undergoing normative and validation studies.
If you are a researcher or graduate student who would like to be involved in the data collection process, please contact John Briere for information.