The Trauma Recovery Scale (TRS) is a three-part instrument that measures one’s recovery from traumatic experiences. Part I allows respondents to determine if they meet the DSM-IV Criterion A for posttraumatic stress disorder. Part II asks respondents to indicate whether they have experienced any of the 20 listed traumatic experiences, the number of times they have experienced these events and their age at the time of the event. Part III functions as an outcome measure for individuals with PTSD. Blueprint’s Trauma Recovery Scale only consists of Part III.

Respondents rate how best they relate to the PTSD experiences listed (e.g., “I sleep free from nightmares”) on a scale from “0%” to “100%.”

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The TRS contains 11 questions (Part III) scored on an 11-point Likert scale with values from 0% to 100%. Parts I and II are not scored (and are not part of Blueprint). A total score is calculated by taking the mean of the two answers for items #5 and #6 (just item #5 on the original measure), adding it to the scores on all of the other items, and dividing by 10 to arrive at a mean score. Higher scores are associated with higher levels of recovery; scores below 50 indicate significant traumatic stress and scores above 75 indicate minimal traumatic stress (or significant recovery). See the table below for score interpretations.

Blueprint’s TRS only includes Part III of the original TRS. The original TRS includes Part I (which assesses whether or not the respondent meets Criterion A in the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD), Part II (which asks the respondent to list out the history of their traumatic experiences), and Part III. Parts I and II do not require scoring.In addition, Blueprint’s TRS has 11 questions while the original TRS Part III has 10; this is because Blueprint divides item #5a and b into items #5 and #6.

Gentry, J. E. (1999). Trauma recovery scale. Poster session presented at the 13th annual convention of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.

PDF of the TRS Measure

An article on trauma recovery

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