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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2013 Jan 31;26(1):19–27. doi: 10.1002/jts.21782

Table 5.

Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Acute Stress Checklist and Interview: Association (r) with Later Traumatic Stress and with Concurrent Anxiety and Depression Symptoms.

Variable Acute stress checklist Acute stress interview

CEA-N ASC-Kids EDNA-TEA DICA-ASD
r 95% CI r 95% CI r 95% CI r 95% CI
CPSS 3 months later .31 [.13, .48] .54 [.42, .64] .30 [.11, .47] .57 [.45, .67]
Concurrent general anxiety
symptoms (RCMAS)
.55 [.44, .65] .56 [.46, .64] .59 [.49, .68] .57 [.48, .65]
Concurrent depression
symptoms (CDI)
.39 [.25, .51] .42 [.29, .52] .57 [.46, .66] .48 [.36, .57]

Note. For concurrent measures, Spanish sample (n = 225), English sample (n = 254); For CPSS at 3 months, Spanish sample (n = 106), English sample (n = 153)

CEA-N = Cuestionario de Estrés Agudo – Niños (Spanish); ASC-Kids = Acute Stress Checklist for Children (English); EDNA-TEA = Entrevista Diagnóstica para Niños y Adolescentes – modulo de Trastorno de Estrés Agudo (Spanish); DICA-ASD = Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents – Acute Stress Disorder module (English); CPSS = Child PTSD Symptom Scale; RCMAS = Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale; CDI = Children’s Depression Inventory