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. 2025 Jan 21;16(1):2450985. doi: 10.1080/20008066.2025.2450985

Table 3.

Item wordings, means, standard deviations and corrected total item-scale correlations of the KJTS (Selfreport) N = 587.

Item M SD ISC Criterion
1 Upsetting thoughts or pictures about what happened that pop into my head 1.40 .92 .671 B
2 Bad dreams reminding me of what happened. .81 .95 .565 B
3 Pictures in my head of what happened. Feels like it is happening right now. 1.02 .99 .641 B
4 Feeling very upset when I am reminded of what happened. 1.33 1.10 .642 B
5 Strong feelings in my body when I am reminded of what happened (sweating, heart beating fast, upset stomach). 1.20 1.10 .653 B
6 Trying not to think about what happened. Or to not have feelings about it. 1.73 1.12 .518 C
7 Staying away from anything that reminds me of what happened (people, places, things) 1.46 1.08 .499 C
8 Not being able to remember part of what happened. 1.17 1.07 .260 D
9 Having negative thoughts, such as:       D
  a. I won’t have a good life. 1.07 1.09 .625 D
  b. I can’t trust other people. 1.45 1.18 .664 D
  c. The world is unsafe. 1.20 1.09 .553 D
  d. I am not good enough. 1.38 1.18 .597 D
10 Blaming for the event       D
  a. Blaming myself for what happened. 1.22 1.08 .579 D
  b. Blaming someone else for what happened although it wasn’t their fault. .39 .71 .172 D
11 Upsetting feelings (afraid, angry, guilty, ashamed) a lot of the time. 1.72 1.01 .707 D
12 Not wanting to do things I used to do. 1.24 1.05 .596 D
13 Not feeling close to people. 1.07 1.02 .607 D
14 Not being able to have happy feelings. 1.07 1.00 .656 D
15 Managing strong feelings       E
  a. It is very hard to calm down when I am upset. 1.50 1.10 .393 E
  b. Feeling mad. Having fits of anger and taking it out on others. 1.33 1.06 .412 E
16 Doing unsafe things. .73 .90 .467 E
17 Being overly careful (checking to see who is around me). 1.76 1.08 .452 E
18 Being jumpy. 1.34 1.09 .488 E
19 Problems paying attention. 1.83 1.05 .458 E
20 Trouble falling or staying asleep. 1.70 1.09 .454 E