{"id":6693,"date":"2020-11-17T17:26:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/?p=6693"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:59:47","slug":"child-trauma-peds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/child-trauma-peds\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Trauma | PEDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale (PEDS)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Recommended\u00a0frequency: Every 4 weeks
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Summary<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale (PEDS) is a 21-item measure that assesses the severity of symptoms that may be exhibited in children (i.e., ages 2-10) after exposure to a distressing or traumatic event. The child\u2019s parent or caregiver rates symptom frequency on a 4-point Likert scale based on their observations over the past month. 17 of the items assess general behaviours, whereas four items inquire about trauma-specific symptoms. Each item corresponds to one of the following subscales: Anxious\/Withdrawn (e.g. \u201cSeems sad and withdrawn\u201d), Fearful (e.g. \u201cRefuses to sleep alone\u201d), and Acting Out (e.g. \u201cHas temper tantrums\u201d). It is NOT intended to be used as a diagnostic tool for PTSD and does not assess all PTSD symptoms.<\/p>\n

Psychometric Properties<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The PEDS has acceptable internal consistency amongst its subscales (\u03b1s = .72 – .78) and good internal consistency (\u03b1 = .85) for the total scale. However, it does demonstrate poor test-retest reliability over a period of 6-8 weeks (rs = .55-.61).<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

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  1. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/10070608<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. https:\/\/www.nctsn.org\/measures\/pediatric-emotional-distress-scale<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Scale<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Please select the answer for each question to describe how often your child has shown each behaviour in the\u00a0LAST MONTH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    Scoring<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Symptom severity is determined by assigning 1-4 to the response categories of \u201calmost never\u201d, \u201csometimes\u201d, \u201coften\u201d, and \u201cvery often\u201d, respectively. The total score is calculated by adding these values. Scores range from 17-84. Higher scores indicate greater symptom severity.<\/p>\n

    A cutoff score of 28 or higher indicates symptom severity of clinical significance and a greater likelihood of childhood trauma. Developers of the scale caution that a different cutoff may be warranted based on maternal education, as evidenced by previous research.<\/p>\n

    There are three subscales within the measure:<\/p>\n

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    • Anxious\/Withdrawn (items\u00a06, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16). Clinical cut-off is 9.5.<\/li>\n
    • Fearful (items\u00a03, 4, 5, 6, and 10).\u00a0Clinical cut-off is 8.5.<\/li>\n
    • Acting Out (items\u00a01, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 17).\u00a0Clinical cut-off is 13.5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Items 18 to 21 relate to a specific trauma or stressor the child has experienced. These questions will only be answered if a child has experienced a major trauma or stress in the past year.<\/p>\n

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      Copyright Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

      Saylor, C.F, Swenson, C. C., Reynolds, S.S., & Taylor, M. (1999). The Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale: A brief screening measure for young children exposed to traumatic events. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28:1, 70-81.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale (PEDS) Recommended\u00a0frequency: Every 4 weeks Summary The Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale (PEDS) is a 21-item measure that assesses the severity of symptoms that may be exhibited in children (i.e., ages 2-10) after exposure to a distressing or traumatic event. The child\u2019s parent or caregiver rates symptom frequency on a 4-point Likert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-assessment-guide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}