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    The document describes the Impact of Event Scale - Revised, a questionnaire used to assess distress levels related to stressful life events. It lists 22 difficulties people may experience after trauma and asks respondents to rate how distressed they were by each item in the past seven days on a 5-point scale from "not at all" to "extremely". The items are grouped into three subscales measuring avoidance, intrusion, and hyperarousal symptoms commonly seen after traumatic events.

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    The document describes the Impact of Event Scale - Revised, a questionnaire used to assess distress levels related to stressful life events. It lists 22 difficulties people may experience after trauma and asks respondents to rate how distressed they were by each item in the past seven days on a 5-point scale from "not at all" to "extremely". The items are grouped into three subscales measuring avoidance, intrusion, and hyperarousal symptoms commonly seen after traumatic events.

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    The document describes the Impact of Event Scale - Revised, a questionnaire used to assess distress levels related to stressful life events. It lists 22 difficulties people may experience after trauma and asks respondents to rate how distressed they were by each item in the past seven days on a 5-point scale from "not at all" to "extremely". The items are grouped into three subscales measuring avoidance, intrusion, and hyperarousal symptoms commonly seen after traumatic events.

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    Impact of Event Scale - Revised

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    The document describes the Impact of Event Scale - Revised, a questionnaire used to assess distress levels related to stressful life events. It lists 22 difficulties people may experience after trauma and asks respondents to rate how distressed they were by each item in the past seven days on a 5-point scale from "not at all" to "extremely". The items are grouped into three subscales measuring avoidance, intrusion, and hyperarousal symptoms commonly seen after traumatic events.

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    Impact of Event Scale - Revised

    Below is a list of difficulties people sometimes have after stressful life events. Please read each item, and then
    indicate how distressing each difficulty has been for you DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS with respect
    to __________________________________, how much were you distressed or bothered by these difficulties?

    Not at all A little bit Moderately Quite a bit Extremely

    1. Any reminder brought back feelings 0 1 2 3 4


    about it

    2. I had trouble staying asleep 0 1 2 3 4

    3. Other things kept making me think 0 1 2 3 4


    about it

    4. I felt irritable and angry 0 1 2 3 4

    5. I avoided letting myself get upset


    when I thought about it or was 0 1 2 3 4
    reminded of it

    6. I thought about it when I didn’t mean 0 1 2 3 4


    to
    7. I felt as if it hadn’t happened or wasn’t 0 1 2 3 4
    real

    8. I stayed away from reminders about it 0 1 2 3 4

    9. Pictures about it popped into my mind 0 1 2 3 4

    10. I was jumpy and easily startled 0 1 2 3 4

    11. I tried not to think about it 0 1 2 3 4

    12. I was aware that I still had a lot of


    feelings about it, but I didn’t deal with 0 1 2 3 4
    them

    13. My feelings about it were kind of numb 0 1 2 3 4

    14. I found myself acting or feeling as 0 1 2 3 4


    though I was back at that time

    15. I had trouble falling asleep 0 1 2 3 4

    16. I had waves of strong feelings about it 0 1 2 3 4

    17. I tried to remove it from my memory 0 1 2 3 4

    18. I had trouble concentrating 0 1 2 3 4

    19. Reminders of it caused me to have


    physical reactions, such as sweating, 0 1 2 3 4
    trouble breathing, nausea, or a
    pounding heart

    20. I had dreams about it 0 1 2 3 4

    21. I felt watchful or on-guard 0 1 2 3 4

    22. I tried not to talk about it 0 1 2 3 4


    Scoring:

    Avoidance Subscale = mean of items 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 22

    Intrusion Subscale = mean of items 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 16, 20

    Hyperarousal Subscale = mean of items 4, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21

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