Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey (ACES)

Purpose: Identify types of childhood and adolescent traumatic experiences

Age Range: 6+

Scales: None

 

Attachment Checklist-Child

Purpose: Identify indicators of dysfunctional attachment styles

Age Range: 18 months-12

Scales: None

 

Attachment Checklist-Infant

Purpose: Identify indicators of dysfunctional attachment styles

Age Range: Birth-18 months

Scales: None

 

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Purpose: Measures anxiety symptoms and severity

Age Range: 17-80

Scales: Anxiety

 

Clinician Administered PTSD Scale   (CAPS)

Purpose: Assess the presence and severity of PTSD symptomology

Age Range: 15+

Scales: Re experiencing the trauma, avoidance & numbing, Hyperarousal, Lifetime diagnosis, Associated symptoms

 

Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children & Adolescent (CAPSCA)

Purpose: Assess the presence and severity of PTSD symptomology

Age Range:8-15

Scales: Re-experiencing trauma, avoidance & numbing, Hyperarousal, Lifetime diagnosis, Associated symptoms

 

Impact of Event Scale- Revised

Purpose: Assesses anxiety related effects of a recent traumatic event

Age Range: 12+

Scales: Avoidance, intrusion, Hyperarousal

 

Outcome Questionnaire-45 Version 2   (OQ-45.2)

Purpose: Screens for & assesses stressor & symptom presentation levels

Age Range: 18+

Scales: Symptom distress, Interpersonal distress, Social distress

 

Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)

Purpose: Brief Screener to assess worry behaviors

Age Range: 12+

Scales: none

 

Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

Purpose: A comprehensive diagnostic & interpretive instrument

Age Range: 18+

Scales: 4 interpretive scales, 11 clinical scales, 7 trait scales, & 31 Sub scales

 

Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A)

Purpose: A comprehensive diagnostic & interpretive instrument

Age Range: 12-18

Scales: 22 non overlapping scales. 4 validity scales, 11 clinical scales, 5 treatment consideration scales, and 2 interpersonal scales.  10 scales contain derived subscales. 17 critical item responses.

 

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

Purpose: Differentiate between state and trait anxiety in high school students & adults.

Age Range: 14-69

Scales: 2 main scales: State & Trait, measuring apprehension, tension, nervousness, & worry.

 

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC)

Purpose: Measures anxiety in Children

Age Range: 9-14 (normed to test <9 w/ reading comprehension at/above 3^rd grade)

Scales:2 main scales: State Anxiety & Trait Anxiety

 

Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY)

Purpose: Assesses emotional & behavioral adjustment, family interaction, & academic functioning

Age Range: 9-19

Scales: Cognitive impairment, Impulsivity/Distractibility, Delinquency, Family dysfunction, Reality distortion, Somatic concern, Psychological discomfort, Social withdrawal, Social skills deficit

 

Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)

Purpose: A brief screener to assess areas and levels of anxiety related issues and disorders in children

Age Range: 2-18

Scales: None

 

Stressful Life Experiences Screening

Purpose: Brief life experience stress screener

Age Range: 16+

Scales: None

 

Trauma & Attachment Belief Scale   (TABS)

Purpose: Assesses long term impact of trauma

Age Range: 9+

Scales: Safety, Trust, Esteem, Intimacy, Control

 

Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children   (TSCC)

Purpose: Helps evaluate acute & chronic posttraumatic symptoms

Age Range: 8-16

Scales: Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Posttraumatic Stress, Dissociation, & Sexual concerns

 

Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children   (TSYCC)

Purpose: Provides a standardized, broadband trauma measure for very young children

Age Range: 3-12

Scales: Anxiety, Depression, Anger/Aggression, Posttraumatic stress-Intrusion, Posttraumatic stress-Avoidance, Posttraumatic stress-Arousal, Dissociation, Sexual Concerns

 

Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI-PRR/ TESI-SRR)

Purpose: Probes for a history of exposure to traumatic events and to distinguish these events from other negative life experiences.

Age Range: 6-18 (parent report <7)

Scales: Single Scale Interview for PTSD criteria