CTDA 1003: Development of the Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids) in Children Age 8 to 17, United States, 2002-2004 (ICPSR 38902)

Version Date: Jan 24, 2024

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Principal Investigator(s):
Nancy Kassam-Adams, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38902.v1

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Summary

Exposure to traumatic events is a common experience for children and adolescents. Accurate early assessment of acute stress responses can help predict risk for longer term sequelae and can guide secondary prevention to reduce the incidence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after trauma exposure.

The goal of this project was to develop a practical self-report measure of acute stress disorder (ASD) for children and adolescents, and to provide initial evidence as to its reliability and validity. The specific aims of the project were to:

  • Aim 1: Establish the content validity of a pilot Child ASD measure for ages 8 to 17, based on expert review and youth feedback.
  • Aim 2: In a sample of recently injured children (n=176), assess the psychometric properties of the measure: internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent and discriminant validity with other measures and other reporters.
  • Aim 3: Provide initial data regarding the predictive validity of the Child ASD measure in relation to later PTSD development in the same sample of children.
This collection includes data related to Aims 2 and 3.

Citation

Kassam-Adams, Nancy. CTDA 1003: Development of the Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids) in Children Age 8 to 17, United States, 2002-2004. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-01-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38902.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health (R03MH64174), United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R03HD092720)

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Restrictions

Access to these data requires a signed Researcher Application which is available to download as study documentation.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2002 -- 2004

Date of Collection

2002-07 -- 2004-01

Data Collection Notes

  1. This project is part of the Child Trauma Data Archives (CTDA). For more information, please visit the CTDA series and refer to the Collection Notes document under the Data and Documentation tab.

  2. This project is intended to be used in cross-study analysis with other child trauma datasets.

  3. Some documentation may reflect a previous version of the study title and PI affiliations. For the latest metadata, please see this study homepage.

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Study Purpose

The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a brief child self-report measure of acute stress reactions that would be practical to administrate to children and adolescents who had recently been exposed to a traumatic event, as well as practical for clinical and research settings.

Study Design

In Phase 1 of the study, researchers developed and refined a self-report measure of child acute stress based on previous work in this area. An expert panel reviewed items for content validity and provided feedback. The revised measure was then pilot tested with children/adolescents attending a pediatric hospital for a follow-up appointment after a recent traumatic injury.

In Phase 2, researchers assessed the final measure (Acute Stress Checklist for Children, or ASC-Kids) with a sample of 176 children/adolescents hospitalized with a recent injury or illness (within 1 month). Both children/adolescents and their caregivers completed surveys. To assess test-retest reliability, each child was given a second copy of the ASC-Kids measure to complete the next day and return by mail. To assess predictive validity, participants were contacted three months post-injury to complete a follow-up survey.

Sample

The research team recruited and enrolled via convenience sampling children aged 8 to 17 from a large urban pediatric hospital during admission or a follow-up visit within one month of a medical event. Child abuse related injuries were excluded.

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

Children exposed to a recent potentially traumatic event.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

  • Study-level metadata: study title and P.I., series ID, methodology (e.g., weights, recruitment setting type)
  • Traumatic event descriptors: injury or illness type/cause, degree of exposure (i.e., direct or indirect), injury circumstance
  • Demographics: age, sex, race/ethnicity, education (caregivers only)
  • Scales: individual item scores for the Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids), Child and Adolescent Trauma Survey (CATS), Child Stress Disorders Checklist (CSDC), Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC), and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL); calculated scores for Youth Self Report

Presence of Common Scales

  • Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids)
  • Child and Adolescent Trauma Survey (CATS)
  • Child Stress Disorders Checklist (CSDC)
  • Pediatric Symptom Checklist - 17 item version (PSC-17)
  • Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
  • Achenbach Youth Self Report (YSR)

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Original Release Date

2024-01-24

Version History

2024-01-24 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.