Download Life Events - Adult

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Life Events
This measure is a questionnaire to assess the respondent's exposure to a broad
range of life events.
This measure allows researchers to examine the occurrence of traumatic life
events and the respondent's assessment of the physical and emotional responses
to the events. Traumatic life events have been associated with many indicators
of physical and emotional distress, including psychopathological symptoms and
disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Stressful Life Events, Stress, Life Events, Resilience, Adverse life events,
Psychopathology, Adjustment, Risk factor, Protective factor, Resource factor,
proprietary, Social Environments
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November 12, 2010
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PhenX Protocol
Life Events - Adult
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The Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) is a self-administered
questionnaire to assess current and prior exposure to potentially traumatic
events (e.g., from natural disasters to sexual abuse). Follow-up probes ask
whether respondents felt fear, helplessness, or horror during any event
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experienced. Additional questions ask about physical injury and immediate
emotional response to the event. For exposure to multiple events,
respondents are asked to indicate which event they perceive as the worst.
The Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) is a proprietary
instrument and administration requires a licensing agreement from Western
Psychological Services. The Social Environments Working Group
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recommends that the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) be used
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to screen for prior exposure to traumatic events that can lead to mental health
problems, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Summary of the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire
Protocol:
The Traumatic Life Events Scale captures exposure to 21 traumatic events,
proceeding from general (natural disasters and car accidents) to highly
personal (death of a loved one and sexual abuse). The items include followup probes asking whether respondents felt fear, helplessness, or horror
during any event experienced and whether there was a physical injury or an
immediate emotional response. For exposure to multiple events, respondents
are asked to indicate which event they perceive as the worst and how much
distress it caused.
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Results include the total number of events experienced, the number of events
that produced feelings of fear, helplessness or horror, the total number of
episodes reported and the event that caused the most distress.
The Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) was selected because it is
a widely used, validated protocol with demonstrated reliability and validity.
The The Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) is a proprietary
instrument included in the Trauma Assessment Inventories™ available from
Western Psychological Services.
Western Psychological Services
12031 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025-1251
Telephone: 800.648.8857
E-mail: [email protected]
Adult
English
Adults, aged 18 years and older
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The respondent will need a copy of the questionnaire.
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Common Data Element (CDE)
Adult Life Event
Assessment Score
3139326
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Logical Observation Identifiers Life events adult
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63041-8 LOINC
Dohrenwend, B. P. (2006). Inventorying stressful life events as risk factors
for psychopathology: Toward resolution of the problem of intracategory
variability. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 3, 477–495.
Kubany, E. S., Haynes, S. N., Leisen, M. B., Owens, J. A., Kaplan, A. S.,
Watson, S. B., & Burns, K. (2000). Development and preliminary validation
of a brief broad-spectrum measure of trauma exposure: The Traumatic Life
Events Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment, 12, 210–224.
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Self-administered questionnaire
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Major equipment
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Specialized training
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Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection
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Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected
individual
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