Table 2. Characteristics of included studies.

N/A: Not applicable; PTSD: Post-traumatic stress disorder; CAPS: Clinician-administered PTSD Scale; PTSD-RI: PTSD-reaction index; CRTI: Children’s response to trauma index; CROPS: Child report of post-traumatic symptoms; PROPS: Parent report of post-traumatic stress symptoms; CAPS-CA: Clinician-administered PTSD scale child/adolescent version; SI-PTSD: Structured interview for PTSD; HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression scale; MASC: Multidimensional anxiety scale for children; STAI: State-trait anxiety inventory; RCADS-C: Revised children’s anxiety and depression scale; BDI: Becks depression inventory; IES-R: Impact of event scale-revised; BDS: Backward digit span; CBCL: Child behavior checklist; STAI-Y2: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Y2 Trait Form; SUD: Substance use disorder; CMS: The Mississippi Scale for Civilian PTSD; PSS-SR: PTSD symptom scale self-report version; CEQ: Combat experiences questionnaire; DEVS-T: Distress evaluation scale for treatment; DES: Dissociative experiences scale; CRIES 13: Children’s revised impact of event scale; RCADS: Revised child anxiety and depression scale; IOE: Impact of events scale; HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression score; CRTI: Children's responses to trauma inventory; C-PTCI: Children's post-traumatic cognitions inventory; RCADS- C/P: Revised children’s anxiety and depression scale- children/parent version; SDQ-A/P: Strengths and difficulties questionnaire; CSI-C/P: Coping strategies inventory- Child/Parent; DES II: Dissociative experiences scale-II; QPF-R: The psychophysiological questionnaire-brief version; SCL-90 = R: Symptom checklist-90-Revised; SLESQ: Stressful life events screening questionnaire; SCID: Structured clinical interview for DSM-5; ADIS-C/P: Anxiety disorder interview schedule for DSM-IV: Child and parent interview schedule; MADRS: Montgomery Åsberg depression rating scale; MMPI-K: Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-K scale; TF-CBT: Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy; HAM-A: Hamilton anxiety rating scale; CAPS-CA: Clinician-administered PTSD scale based upon DSM-5; PPD: Postpartum depression.

Study	Variants of CBT	Trauma type	Clinician-rated measures	Self-rated measures	Mean age (years)	Males/Females	Months post	Intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis	Treatment fidelity check	Comorbidity
Arabia et al., 2011 [13]	Imaginal Exposure	N/A		IES-R, STAI, BDI	63.48	28/14	6	Yes	Yes	Not reported
De Roos et al., 2011 [16]				PTSD-RI, CROPS, PROPS, BDS, MASC, CBCL	10.1	29/23	3	Yes	No	Not reported
Devilly et al., 1999 [17]	Trauma Treatment Protocol	Mixed		STAI-Y2, BDI, SCL-90=R, SUD, PPD, CMS, IES, PSS-SR, CEQ, DEVS-T	37.96	8/15	3	No	Yes	Not reported
Ironson et al., 2002 [18]	Prolonged Exposure	Mixed		PSS-SR, BDI, DES, SUD		5/17	3	No	Yes	Not reported
Jaberghaderi et al., 2004 [19]	Trauma Focused-CBT	Sexual assault	Rutter teacher scale	CROPS, PROPS	12.5	0/14		No	No	Not reported
Diehle et al., 2015 [3]		Mixed	CAPS-CA	CRIES 13, RCADS,	12.9	18/30		Yes	Yes	Not reported
Lee et al., 2002 [20]	Stress Inoculation Training and Prolonged Exposure	Mixed	SI-PTSD, MMPI-K,	IES, BDI	34.0	13/11	3	No	Yes	Not reported
Power et al., 2002 [21]	Exposure + Cognitive Restructuring	Mixed	CAPS, MADRS, HAM-A	IOE, SI-PTSD, HADS, Sheehan disability index	40.9	42/30	15	No	No	Not reported
De Roos et al., 2017 [22]			ADIS-C/P	CRTI, C-PTCI, RCADS-C/P, SDQ-A/P, CSI-C/P	13.06	44/59	12	Yes	Yes	Anxiety disorders
Rothbaum et al., 2005 [12]	Prolonged Exposure	Sexual assault	CAPS, SLESQ, SCID non-patient version	PSS-SR, IES-R, BDI, DES-II, STAI	33.8	0/60	6	Yes	No	Not reported
Taylor et al., 2003 [23]	Exposure	Mixed	CAPS	BDI	37	15/45	3	Yes	No	Not reported
Nijdam et al., 2012 [24]	Brief eclectic psychotherapy	N/A		IES-R, SI-PTSD, SCID-I, HADS				Yes	Yes	Not reported
Capezzani et al., 2013 [25]			CAPS	BDI, STAI-Y, QPF-R, IES-R				No	No	Not reported
Van den Berg et al., 2015 [26]	Prolonged Exposure	Mixed	CAPS	PSS-SR, PTCI	41.2	84/71	6	Yes	Yes	Psychotic disorder