Applied Aspects of Trauma Assessment: Individual Psychometric Assessment, a Critical Andragogic Approach to Training in Critical Incident Debriefing, and a Review of the Assessment of Families and Children Following Potentially Traumatic Events
Fine, M. (2000). Applied Aspects of Trauma Assessment: Individual Psychometric Assessment, a Critical Andragogic Approach to Training in Critical Incident Debriefing, and a Review of the Assessment of Families and Children Following Potentially Traumatic Events. (Unpublished Doctoral thesis, City, University of London)
Abstract
The research component of this thesis addresses the quantitative assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. Theoretical formulations of PTSD and commonly used instruments for assessing trauma in adults are reviewed and followed by three psychometric studies. In the first study norms for the Impact of Event Scale (IES; Horowitz et al., 1979) are reported for patients referred for counselling in NHS primary care settings. The second study reports norms for the Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES-R; Weiss & Marmar, 1997) in a similar patient group. The third study reports on the development of a new instrument for assessing occupational distress, the Distress at Work Scale (DAWS), and suggests that the instrument may be of use in assessing occupational impairment following exposure to a traumatic event.
The teaching case study addresses the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists in the theory and practice of a critical incident debriefing procedure within an Employee Assistance Programme context. The underlying andragogic methodology is presented, and issues arising from presenting the teaching material from a critical perspective are discussed.
The literature review differs from the research component by examining the impact of trauma from a systemic rather than individual perspective. Research findings on the effects of marital subsystems and possible transgenerational effects of trauma are presented, and the assessment of the effects of PTSD on family relationships and children is reviewed.
| Publication Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Psychology School of Health & Psychological Sciences > School of Health & Psychological Sciences Doctoral Theses Doctoral Theses |
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