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Purpose
Evaluates acute and chronic posttraumatic symptomatology
Authors
John Briere, PhD
Administration Formats
Additional Details
A Self-Report that Evaluates Acute and Chronic Posttraumatic Symptoms in Adults
A broadband measure, the TSI-2 is designed to evaluate posttraumatic stress and other psychological sequelae of traumatic events, including the effects of sexual and physical assault, intimate partner violence, combat, torture, motor vehicle accidents, mass casualty events, medical trauma, traumatic losses, and childhood abuse or neglect.
Features and benefits
- Includes three scales (Insecure Attachment, Somatic Preoccupations, and Suicidality) and several subscales, as well as four summary factors (Self-Disturbance, Posttraumatic Stress, Externalization, and Somatization).
- Items assess clients’ tendencies to deny symptoms that are commonly endorsed, to over endorse unusual or bizarre symptoms, or to respond in a random manner; the instrument now addresses malingering.
- Standardization sample (N = 678) closely matches U.S. Census statistics.
- Alternately, administer the TSI-2 Alternate Form (TSI-2-A) which does not contain any sexual symptom items.
- Online administration and scoring is available on PARiConnect.
Available in Spanish
TSI-2 Reusable Item Booklets and Hand-Scorable Answer Sheets have been translated into U.S. Spanish. This product uses English norms only.
Administer the TSI-2 to your Spanish-speaking clients via PARiConnect.
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What is the technical information for the TSI™-2?
Technical information
The validation sample consisted of five nonoverlapping clinical groups: combat veterans, individuals with borderline personality disorder, sexual abuse victims, victims of domestic violence, and incarcerated women. A sample of subjects simulating PTSD was used to test malingering.
Test structure
- A 136-item carbonless form assesses a wide range of potentially complex symptomatology, ranging from PTSD, dissociation, and somatization to insecure attachment styles, impaired self-capacities, and dysfunctional behaviors.
- Eight critical items help identify issues that potentially represent severe psychological disturbance or danger to the respondent or others.
- The TSI-2 validity scales contain new items, especially the Atypical Response (ATR) scale, which was redesigned to assess over-reporting and to better evaluate potential feigning of PTSD. In all, 87 items (i.e., 64%) are new or have been rewritten to some degree.
- The TSI-2-A is a 126-item alternate version that does not contain any sexual symptom items.
- Online administration and scoring is available on PARiConnect.
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