Psychometric Properties of the Life Events Checklist

By Matt J. Gray, B. Litz, Julie L Hsu, T. Lombardo. Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), 2004

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Shared Traumatic Stress among Social Workers in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2015, methodology): “As was done for the 9/11 study, the path model was recalculated without the Life Events Checklist but with a more extensive measure of the impact of Hurricane Katrina itself.”
Development, Use, and Psychometric Properties of the Trauma History Questionnaire (2011, methodology): “In contrast, the Life Events Checklist (LEC) (Gray, Litz, Hsu, & Lombardo, 2004 ), designed to be used in conjunction with the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) (Weathers, Keane, & Davidson, 2001 ), is a simple listing of 17 events for which the respondent is required to check whether each ”
Post–traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Evidence, Controversies and Future Directions (2014, background): “These events are defined by clinicians as traumatic as they threaten the integrity of the individual or someone very close to them (Gray et al., 2004).”
Toward a Mechanism for Secondary Trauma Induction and Reduction: Reimagining a Theory of Secondary Traumatic Stress (2017, background): “…Krupnick, & Green, 2011 Life Events Checklist (Gray, Litz, Hsu, & Lombardo, 2004) Measures the level of exposure to potentially traumatic events Gray et al., 2004 The Trauma History Screen (Carlson et al. 2011) Offers a succinct and effective measure of past traumas Carlson et al.,…”