Identifying trauma symptoms among adjudicated youth using the BASC-2 SRP and CROPS

Preliminary Cross-Sectional Validation of the CROPS 14-Item for Juvenile Offenders

“…Youth may be resistant to report exposure to potentially stigmatizing events (Perkins et al, 2016). Ascertaining accurate knowledge of trauma can be further complicated by how youth define their experiences (Kerig et al, 2011) as well as by youth employing emotional avoidance processes in the manifestation of adolescent delinquency (Marsiglio et al, 2014).…”

“…Such strategies for regulating affect are not entirely consistent with PTSD diagnostic criteria. Consequently, psychometric detection and/or measurement of trauma symptomology can be difficult for the juvenile offender population (Perkins et al, 2016). Population-specific instruments therefore should increase the accuracy and sensitivity for detecting and measuring variation of trauma symptom manifest.…”

“…The Child Report of Posttraumatic Symptoms (CROPS; Greenwald & Rubin, 1999) is a 26-item measure that screens for a broad range of posttraumatic symptoms in children and adolescents and provides information about symptom severity. Numerous studies have established the validity, reliability, and internal consistency of the CROPS for juvenile offender populations (see Edner et al, 2017;Greenwald et al, 2001;Perkins et al, 2014Perkins et al, , 2016. Recently, Edner et al (2017) found support for an embedded 14-item factor within the CROPS specific for juvenile offenders (i.e., CROPS 14-item).…”

Predictive accuracy and factor structure of the Child Report of Posttraumatic Symptoms (CROPS) among adjudicated youth.

“…Youth may be resistant to report exposure to potentially stigmatizing events (Perkins et al, 2016). Ascertaining accurate knowledge of trauma can be further complicated by how youth define their experiences (Kerig, Moeddel, & Becker, 2011) as well as by youth employing emotional avoidance processes in the manifestation of adolescent delinquency (Marsiglio et al, 2014).…”

“…The CROPS, along with its corresponding measure-Parent Report of Posttraumatic Symptoms (PROPS)-were created as trauma screening instruments for parents and children with or without an identified trauma (Greenwald & Rubin, 1999). Approximately 52.5% to 56% of juvenile offenders have demonstrated clinically significant scores on the CROPS (Perkins et al, 2016;Perkins, Calhoun, & Glaser, 2014), which is consistent with the elevated rates of trauma exposure(s)/symptoms within this population (Baglivio & Epps, 2016;. In addition, use of the CROPS with adjudicated populations has demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Perkins et al, 2016;Perkins, Calhoun, & Glaser, 2014).…”