Courtney K Blackwell, Phillip Sherlock, Kathryn L Jackson, Julie A Hofheimer, David Cella, Molly A Algermissen, Akram N Alshawabkeh, Lyndsay A Avalos, Tracy Bastain, Clancy Blair, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Patricia A Brennan, Carrie Breton, Nicole R Bush, Aruna Chandran, Shaina Collazo, Elisabeth Conradt, Sheila E Crowell, Sean Deoni, Amy J Elliott, Jean A Frazier, Jody M Ganiban, Diane R Gold, Julie B Herbstman, Christine Joseph, Margaret R Karagas, Barry Lester, Jessica A Lasky-Su, Leslie D Leve, Kaja Z LeWinn, W Alex Mason, Elisabeth C McGowan, Kimberly S McKee, Rachel L Miller, Jenae M Neiderhiser, Thomas G O'Connor, Emily Oken, T Michael O'Shea, David Pagliaccio, Rebecca J Schmidt, Anne Marie Singh, Joseph B Stanford, Leonardo Trasande, Rosalind J Wright, Cristiane S Duarte, Amy E Margolis
To assess the public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, investigators from the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) research program developed the Pandemic-Related Traumatic Stress Scale (PTSS). Based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) acute stress disorder symptom criteria, the PTSS is designed for adolescent (13-21 years) and adult self-report and caregiver-report on 3-12-year-olds. To evaluate psychometric properties, we used PTSS data collected between April 2020 and August 2021 from non-pregnant adult caregivers ( n = 11,483), pregnant/postpartum individuals ( n = 1,656), adolescents ( n = 1,795), and caregivers reporting on 3-12-year-olds ( n = 2,896)...
November 2023: Psychological Assessment