1. I have felt upset about my child’s trauma.
2. I think about what happened to my child while I am working.
3. I have felt sad about my child’s traumatic experience.
4. I am afraid of what other people will think about my child’s traumatic experience.
5. I feel that I should have been able to keep the trauma from happening.
6. I have felt afraid since I learned about my child’s trauma.
7. I have trouble falling asleep at night because I think about what happened to my child.
8. I have felt angry about my child’s traumatic experience.
9. Since I learned about my child’s traumatic experience‚ I have been having headaches‚ stomachaches‚ etc.
10.I have felt embarrassed about my child’s traumatic experience.
11.I have cried about my child’s traumatic experience.
12.I have felt ashamed about my child’s traumatic experience.
13.I have felt responsible for my child experiencing trauma.
14.I have felt insecure since I learned that my child experienced trauma.
15.I feel guilty that I did not know about the trauma sooner.
1=never‚ 2=rarely‚ 3=sometimes‚ 4=frequently‚ 5=always
This instrument can be found at: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.452.2747&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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