Table 3.

Sources of survey items

Survey item topic ❖	Source	Specific reference
Demographics	ABS Census 2006-2008
Social networks	Proposed by Pattison, Robins, Y. Kashima, Lusher, E. Kashima, Daraganova & Quintane.
Fire exposure and impacts	Developed for this study
General health	Standard self assessment scale
PTSD	PTSD checklist	Bliese, P. D., Wright, K. M., Adler, A. B., Cabrera, O., Castro, C. A., & Hoge, C. W. (2008). Validating the primary care posttraumatic stress disorder screen and the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist with soldiers returning from combat. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(2), 272–281.
Depression	PHQ-9	Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The PHQ-9: Validity of a brief depression severity measure. J Gen Intern Med. 2001;16:606–613.
Psychiatric disorder/psychological distress	K-6	Kessler, R. C., Barker, P. R., Colpe, L. J., Epstein, J. F., Gfroerer, J. C., Hiripi, E., Howes, M. J., Normand, S.-L. T., Manderscheid, R. W., Walters, E. E., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2003). Screening for serious mental illness in the general population. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60:184–189.
Anger	Modified version of questions on the Anger Attacks Questionnaire	Winkler D, Pjrek E, Kindler J, Heiden A, Kasper S. Validation of a Simplified Definition of Anger Attacks. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2006;75:103–6.
Alcohol abuse	AUDIT-C	Bush, K., Kivlahan, D., McDonell, M., Fihn, S., & Bradley, K. (1998). The AUDIT Alcohol Consumption Questions (AUDIT-C): An Effective Brief Screening Test for Problem Drinking. Archives of Internal Medicine, 158, 1789-1795
Grief	Prolonged Grief Inventory	Adapted from Shear, Katherine M.; McLaughlin, Katie A.; Ghesquiere, Angela; Gruber, Michael J.; Sampson, Nancy A.; Kessler, Ronald C. Depression & Anxiety (1091–4269). Aug2011, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p648-657. 10p. doi:10.1002/da.20865.
Resilience	Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale	Connor, K. & Davidson, J. (2003)
Attachment	Derived from the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale	Olssøn I, Sørebø Ø, Dahl AA. The Norwegian version of the Experiences in Close Relationships measure of adult attachment: Psychometric properties and normative data. Nord J Psychiatry. 2010;64(5)
Wellbeing	Derived from The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index - Community Indicators Victoria (CIV)	Cummins R, Eckersley R, Pallant J, Vugt JV, Misajon R. Developing a National Index of subjective Wellbeing: The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Social Indicators Research. 2003;64:159-90
Community hope	Proposed by Pattison, Robins, Y. Kashima, Lusher, E. Kashima, Daraganova & Quintane.
Community cohesion	Questions derived from the Neighbourhood cohesion scale	Buckner J. The development of an instrument to measure neighborhood cohesion. American Journal of Community Psychology. 1988;16(6):771-91

❖A copy of the 2012 survey items can be accessed at http://www.beyondbushfires.org.au.