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The Trauma History Questionnaire

The Trauma History Questionnaire  Green, 1996 The THQ is a measure assessing traumatic experiences in adults. The THQ can be used as a screening tool.  In adolescents The THQ has not been used with adolescents and a separate adolescent version does not exist; an unpublished child version also exists Subscales The THQ consists of subscales including  Crime-related events, General disaster and trauma, and  Physical and sexual experiences.  It has 24-items and is available as a self- or clinician-report  The self-report format is designed to be administered in 10 to 15 minutes,  The clinician-administered format is designed to be administered in 15 to 20 minutes.  The THQ covers a broad range of stressors that map onto the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Scoring and interpretation Total scores range from 0 to 23. The THQ demonstrates good test-retest reliability over a period of two to three months (k > .70;) and questionable to excellent inter-rater r...