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.
Likert (0–3, never to often) over the past 2 months; total 0–120
Six subscale scores and a total score. Higher = more trauma symptoms. No established clinical cut-offs — compare to normative data. Freely available for research use from John Briere. Sensitive to trauma from various sources. The Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI-2) is a more comprehensive clinical version.
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.
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