Traumatic Experience Checklist

The TEC (Nijenhuis et al., 2002) is a self-report measure addressing potentially traumatising events. It is a reliable and valid self-report instrument that can be used in clinical practice and research. Different scores can be calculated including a cumulative score, and scores for emotional neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and bodily threat from a person.

In clinical practice systematic assessment of the patient's trauma history is a relatively neglected area. Highly vulnerable individuals should not be exposed to self-report trauma questionnaires or untimely trauma interviews. However, assessment of trauma history, even if stressful, is appreciated by most patients and rewarding to clinicians.

 

TEC Translations

The Traumatic Experience Checklist is available in eleven languages:

  • Dutch: TEC in het Nederlands

  • English: TEC in English

  • French: TEC en français

  • German: TEC in deutsch

  • Italian: TEC in Italiano

  • Norwegian: TEC på norsk

  • Polish: TEC w języku polskim

  • Portuguese: TEC em português

  • Spanish: TEC en español

  • Swedish: TEC på svenska

  • Turkish: Türkçe TEC

  • Urdu: TEC اردو میں۔

 

References TEC

Nijenhuis, E.R.S., Van der Hart, O., & Kruger, K. (2002).
The psychometric characteristics of the Traumatic Experiences Questionnaire (TEC): First findings among psychiatric outpatients.
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 9(3), 200-210.

Schumacher, S., Martin-Soelch, C., Rufer, M., Pazhenkottil, A.P., Wirtz, G., Fuhrhans, C., Hindermann, E., & Mueller-Pfeiffer, C. (2012). Psychometric characteristics of the German adaptation of the traumatic experiences checklist (TEC). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(3):338-346.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024044

Espirito-Santo, H., Rocha, P., Gonçalves, L., Cassimo, S., Martins, L., & Xavier, M. (2013). 1544 – The portuguese traumatic experiences checklist (tec): psychometrics and prevalence of traumatic experiences. European Psychiatry, 28, Supplement 1, page 1.

Schimmenti, A. (2018). The trauma factor: Examining the relationships among different types of trauma, dissociation, and psychopathology. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 19(5), 552-571. DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2017.1402400