ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021
The Child Behavior Checklist as a Screening Instrument for PTSD in Refugee Children.
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- Mental health screening and assessment tools for forcibly displaced children: a systematic review.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Pooled it
- Domestic violence's impact on maternal-child relationship and child behavior: a nursing study from Egypt.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Life Adaptation of Toxic Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors: A Multi-Group Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Screening Results and Performance of the CBCL Using a two-step Procedure for Mental Disorders in Chinese Children and Adolescents: a five-year Survey.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Young children's development after forced displacement: a systematic review.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Review
- Diagnostic test accuracy of screening tools for post-traumatic stress disorder among refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of migration and health · 2023Article
- Recent Advances in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Mental Health Screening Approaches for Resettling Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Thousands of refugees who have entered Europe experienced threatening conditions, potentially leading to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which has to be detected and treated early to avoid chronic manifestation, especially in children. We aimed to evaluate and test suitable screening tools to detect PTSD in children. Syrian refugee children aged 4-14 years were examined using the PTSD-semi-structured interview, the Kinder-DIPS, and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The latter was evaluated as a potential screening tool for PTSD using (i) the CBCL-PTSD subscale and (ii) an alternative subscale consisting of a psychometrically guided selection of items with an appropriate correlation to PTSD and a sufficient prevalence (presence in more than 20% of the cases with PTSD). For both tools we calculated sensitivity, specificity, and a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Depending on the sum score of the items, the 20-item CBCL-PTSD subscale as used in previous studies yielded a maximal sensitivity of 85% and specificity of 76%. The psychometrically guided item selection resulted in a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 83%. The areas under the ROC curves were the same for both tools (0.9). Both subscales may be suitable as screening instrument for PTSD in refugee children, as they reveal a high sensitivity and specificity.
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