Survivor Mom Companion Comparison Study

For eligibility screening we will use the 5 sentinel items from the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. The higher the score is, the greater the severity of abuse for that scale. There are four categories of severity for each trauma type: None (minimal); Low (to Moderate); Moderate (to Severe); and Severe (to Extreme).

The Primary Care post-traumatic stress Screen for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is a 5-item screen designed to identify individuals with probable post-traumatic stress disorder. Primary Care Post Traumatic Stress Disorder considered "positive" if the respondent answers "yes" to any 3 items in the questions listed in the scale.

Scale to assess the presence of childhood trauma. If the Adverse childhood experience score is 1-3 without Adverse Childhood Experience, the responder is at "intermediate risk" for toxic stress. If the Adverse childhood experience score is 1-3 and there is the likelihood of at least one Adverse childhood experience-associated condition, or if the Adverse childhood experiences score is 4 or higher, the responder is at "high risk" for toxic stress.

Scale to assess presence of post-traumatic stress symptoms. Severity can be determined adding scores of each item together to determine a total score. A total score of 33 or higher may indicate severe post-traumatic stress disorder.

Scale to assess dissociative symptoms. Each item on the measure is rated on a 5-point scale (0=Not at all; 1=Once or twice; 2=Almost every day; 3=About once a day, and 4=More than once a day). The total score can range from 0 to 32, with higher scores indicating greater severity of dissociative experiences.

A multipurpose instrument for screening and measuring severity of depression. In the scale 1-4 = minimal depression, 5-9 = mild depression, 10-14 = moderate depression, 15-19 = moderately severe depression and 20-27= severe depression. Thus, the higher the total score the higher the perceived level of depression.

A psychometric assessment that measures the experience and control of anger. scores are classified as "no or low anxiety" (20-37), "moderate anxiety" (38-44), and "high anxiety" (45-80). A higher score signifies higher anxiety.

Instrument help evaluate a broad range of psychological problem symptoms. Using a five-point scale ranging from "not at all" to "extremely", each item assesses the severity of distress the respondent experienced in the last 7 days. Each item is graded from 1 to 5 according to the severity (none, mild, moderate, severe and extreme). The scores of the items were regarded as extreme when the total is between 30-36.

Covers four dimensions of emotional regulation; awareness and understanding of emotions, acceptance of emotions and the ability to engage in goal-directed behavior. All subscales are scored so that higher values reflect greater difficulty with emotion regulation.