What Difficulties Do Children and Adolescents Experience in Everyday Activities After a Traumatic Event? Focus Groups and Delphi Survey for the Development of a Questionnaire on PTSD-related Functional Impairment

Inclusion Criteria

• •For children and adolescents:
• •Children and adolescents, who experienced at least one PTE according to the DSM-5 definition of a traumatic event.
• •The PTE(s) must have occurred after the fourth birthday.
• •The PTE(s) must have occurred at least 1 month ago.
• •Children and adolescents must be 7-18 years of age.
• •Children and adolescents are either in trauma-focused treatment at the time of recruitment or they present with at least a moderate PTSS severity according to the Child and Adolescents Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2) Self-report.
• •Children and adolescents must have sufficient command of the German language, excluding a small group of 4-5 unaccompanied refugee adolescents who will also be included. This group will be assisted by an interpreter.
• •The children and adolescents do not have any physical impairment due to injuries or somatic illnesses (self-assessment).
• •The children and adolescents are not acute suicidal. The responsible psychotherapists or supervisors of the "Schlupfhuus" will provide information about it.
• •For caregivers:
• •Caregivers of children and adolescents, who experienced at least one PTE according to the DSM-5 definition of a traumatic event.
• •The PTE(s) must have occurred at least 1 month ago.
• •The child or adolescent must be between 1-18 years of age.
• •Children and adolescents are either in trauma-focused therapy at the time of recruitment or they present with at least a moderate PTSS severity according to the Child and Adolescents Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2).
• •Caregivers must have sufficient command of the German language.
• •The children and adolescents do not have any physical impairment due to injuries or somatic illnesses (self-assessment).
• •The children and adolescents are not acute suicidal. The responsible psychotherapists or supervisors of the "Schlupfhuus" will provide information about it.
• •For clinical experts:
• •Clinician or researcher specialized in trauma and PTSD in children and adolescents.
• •Clinical experts must have sufficient command of the English language.