Effects of Parent-Adolescent Joint Interventions for Adolescents With Adverse Childhood Experiences

A 36-item Peking alexithymia scale measures thoughts and behaviors that prevent people from feeling or recognizing negative emotions on a 5-point Likert scale (1 to 5, and total scores vary from 36 to 180). A higher score represents more severe alexithymia.

The Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5 (CPSS-5) for adolescents and children (scores from 0 to 4, and total scores vary from 0 to 80). A higher score represents worse PTSD symptoms.

A 30-item Emotion awareness questionnaire measures emotion awareness on a 3-point Likert scale (1 to 3, and total scores vary from 30 to 90). A higher score represents better emotion awareness.

An 18-item cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire measures the ability of emotion regulation on a 5-point Likert scale (1 to 5, and total scores vary from 18 to 90). A higher score represents better emotion regulation.

The 9-item patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) for adults (score from 0 to 3, and total score varies from 0 to 27). A higher score represents worse depression symptoms.

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7) for adults, adolescents, and children (scored from 0 to 3, and total score from 0 to 21). A higher score represents worse anxiety symptoms.

A 17-item irritability measurement scale, the Peking irritability scale, measures impulsive emotions, thoughts, and behaviors on a 5-point Likert scale (score from 1 to 5, and total score varies from 17 to 85). A higher score represents higher irritability.

A 10-item resilience measurement scale, the Connor-Davidson resilience scale, measures resilience on a 5-point Likert scale (score from 0 to 4, and total score varies from 0 to 40). A higher score represents better resilience .

A 10-item help-seeking scale measures on a 7-point Likert scale (score from 1 to 7, and total score varies from 10 to 70), with higher scores indicating greater willingness to seek help from others.

The severity of insomnia symptoms will be assessed using the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). This 7-item self-report measurement evaluates the severity of insomnia symptoms, the level of satisfaction with sleep, interference with daily functioning, noticeability of impairment attributed to sleep problems, and the level of distress caused by sleep disturbance (score from 0 to 4, and total score vary from 0 to 32). Each item is rated on a 5-point scale, providing a comprehensive measure of insomnia severity.

The suicidal behaviors questionnaire-revised (SBQ-R) for adolescents and children (total scores vary from 3 to 18). A higher score represents a higher suicide risk.

A 10-item self-esteemmeasurement scale, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, measures self-esteem on a 4-point Likert scale (score from 0 to 3, and total score varies from 0 to 30), with higher scores indicating greater self-esteem.

The 12-item Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (score from 1 to 7, and total score varies from 12 to 84). A higher score represents better social support.

A 4-item subjective happiness scale measures happiness (score from 1 to 7, and total score vary from 4 to 28). A higher score represents a happier state.

A single item inquires about subjective distress on a 100-point scale. A higher score represents more subjective distress.

A questionnaire measuring positive childhood experiences with 13 items(total scores vary from 0 to 64). A higher score represents a more positive childhood experiences.

A 7-item game addiction scale, measures game addiction on a 5-point Likert scale (score from 1 to 5, and total score varies from 7 to 35), with higher scores indicating worse game addiction.

A 22-item behavior performance questionnaire measures various behavior performances such as study time, phone use, school performance, drinking alcohol, smoking, stealing, fighting, and lying.

A 33-item adverse events questionnaire asks about adverse events before 18, including self-harm, experiencing emotional abuse, experiencing physical abuse, feeling severe distress, mental illness events (e.g., panic attack), and physical injury, etc. The score of each item ranges from 0 to 1(0=no, 1=yes), 0 to 4, or 0 to 5 (a higher score indicates a more severe adverse event)

A 6-item meaning in life scale measures life meaning (score from 1 to 5, and total score vary from 6 to 30). A higher score represents more life meaning perception.

The non-suicidal self-injury assessment tool (NSSI-AT-Severity) for adolescents and children (total scores vary from 5 to 16). A higher score represents a worse self-injury situation.

A 5-item Labile Self-Esteem Scale measures self-esteem stability on a 5-point Likert scale (score from 1 to 5, and total score varies from 5 to 25), with lower scores indicating better self-esteem stability.

A somatic problems scale modified from PHQ-15, measuring various physical discomforts and pain on a 3-point Likert scale (score from 0 to 2). A higher score represents worse somatic problems.

A 10-item problematic Internet use scale measures problematic Internet use on a 7-point Likert scale (score from 1 to 7, and total score varies from 7 to 49), with higher scores indicating greater problematic Internet use.

An adverse childhood experiences questionnaire measuring the adverse childhood experiences with 26 items. A higher number of adverse childhood experiences represents worse childhood experiences.