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The TSCC allows you to measure posttraumatic stress and related psychological symptomatology in children ages 8-16 years who have experienced traumatic events, such as physical or sexual abuse, major loss, or natural disasters, or who have been a witness to violence.

The 20-item TSCC Screening Form allows you to screen for posttraumatic symptomatology in just 5 minutes. The TSCC Screening Form consists of two subscales: General Trauma (12 items) and Sexual Concerns (8 items). Also available in Spanish. Now also available on PARiConnect!

Features and benefits

Suitable for individual or group administration . This 54-item self-report measure can be administered in just 15-20 minutes.

. This 54-item self-report measure can be administered in just 15-20 minutes. Easy hand-scoring. Item responses are entered on the top page of a carbonless test booklet, automatically transferring to the scoring page underneath.

Test structure

The 54-item TSCC includes two validity scales (Underresponse and Hyperresponse), six clinical scales (Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Posttraumatic Stress, Dissociation, and Sexual Concerns), and eight critical items. Profile Forms allow for conversion of raw scores to age- and sex-appropriate T scores and enable you to graph the results.

The TSCC-A, an alternate 44-item version of the measure, makes no reference to sexual issues.

Technical information

The TSCC scales are internally consistent (alpha coefficients for clinical scales range from .77 to .89 in the standardization sample) and exhibit reasonable convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity in normative and clinical samples.

Available in Spanish

TSCC Test Booklets have been translated into U.S. Spanish. This product uses English norms only.

Scoring software also available

The unlimited-use TSC-SP software automatically scores the TSCC, the TSCC-A, or the TSCYC™ after the client’s responses are entered by the clinician. It will generate a score report and graphic profile of the results.

To learn more about the TSCC, visit the PAR Training Portal and watch an instructional video!

A comprehensive list of research articles related to the TSCC is available via Mendeley, a free reference management tool. After accessing the link, you will be prompted to create an account. A white paper describing how to use this research repository can be found here. Use of this resource is encouraged to facilitate research using the TSCC family of products. Both the list and the white paper are available in the Resources tab above.