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 |