Trauma Symptoms Checklist – 40

What it measures

Measures a broad range of trauma-related symptoms including anxiety, depression, dissociation, sexual difficulties, and sleep disturbance. Sensitive to symptoms arising from childhood and adult trauma, particularly childhood sexual abuse. Widely used in trauma research and survivor populations.

Representative items

• Nightmares (Anxiety / SATI)
• Feeling lonely (Depression)
• Headaches (Anxiety)
• Not feeling real (Dissociation)
• Feeling tense all the time (Anxiety)

Citation

Briere, J., & Runtz, M. (1989). The Trauma Symptom Checklist (TSC-33): Early data on a new scale. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2(4), 348–363.