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. 2023 Jun 29;16(3):783–793. doi: 10.1007/s40653-023-00550-0

Table 2.

Inter-Rater Reliability and Descriptive Statistics of Themes and Subthemes

Themes Subthemes Exemplar Response Cohen’s κ n %
Effects of trauma
Non-specific “An experience or event that can negatively impact that child.” 0.76 436 34.3
Emotions “An experience that negatively impacted a child emotionally.” 0.87 248 19.5
Physical being “Events they are exposed to that cause emotional, psychological or physical harm.” 0.90 138 10.9
Stress “An incident or incidents that happen to a child which cause…stress.” 0.79 89 7.0
Social interactions “A life altering event in which a child’s social [interactions are] disrupted.” 0.93 84 6.6
Learning “Experiences that children have that…affect learning…in the classroom.” 0.89 67 5.3
Behaviors “Any experience that creates negative behavior.” 0.82 59 4.6
Mental health “Anything that negatively affects the child mentally.” 0.82 58 4.6
Well-being “An event that negatively impacts a child’s well-being.” 0.93 57 4.5
Psychological safety “Anything that causes a child to feel unsafe and not being able to process what happened at another time.” 0.82 57 4.5
Events of trauma
Examples “abuse and neglect” 0.87 355 27.9
General definition “emotional situations in home or at school environment” 0.70 252 19.8
Environment “poverty” 0.63 141 11.1
Physical events “traumatic brain injury” 0.47 41 3.2
Specific definition “National Child Traumatic Stress Network definition” 0.92 12 0.9
Solutions to trauma “school counselor” 0.52 17 1.3
Emotional response “it makes me feel sad” 0.53 8 0.6
No knowledge “I don’t know” 0.86 8 0.6