Brief Betrayal Trauma Survey (BBTS)

Goldberg, LR. & Freyd, J.J. (2006). Self-reports of potentially traumatic experiences in an adult community sample: Gender differences and test-retest stabilities of the items in a Brief Betrayal-Trauma Survey. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7(3), 39-63.

Freyd, J.J. & Goldberg, L.R. (2004) Gender difference in exposure to betrayal trauma. Presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, LA, November 14-18, 2004.

Original 12-item BBTS with Original Response Options:

• BBTS as actually administered by Goldberg & Freyd (2006) — image file
• BBTS items in text version used by Goldberg & Freyd (2006) — text file
• Scoring: Suggested Categorization of items into High, Medium, and Low Betrayal

Other Versions of the BBTS

• BBTS with greater range of response options for reporting on event frequency
• Parent Response Version of the 12-item BBTS
• BBTS-14 items in text version, administered in 2003 & reported in Goldberg & Freyd (2006) — text file
• BBTS-14 as actually administered in 2003 — Page 1 image file, and Page 2 image file.
• BBTS-14 with 3 age categories, Hawaii sample, 2004 -- pdf file
• BBTS-14 with 2007 revised wording to be more consistent across items.
• J-BBTS -- Japanese BBTS (with English translation), Allard dissertation, 2007 -- pdf file
• J-BBTS with follow up questions -- in Japanese, Allard dissertation, 2007 -- pdf file

Asking Permission, Scoring, Studies Using BBTS, Gender Findings

• Asking Permission to use the BBTS
• Scoring: Suggested Categorization of items into High, Medium, and Low Betrayal
• Some Studies that have included the BBTS
• Gender differences in reported rates of exposure to betrayal and non-betrayal events

Also see:

• Definition of Betrayal Trauma
• Eugene/Springfield sample used by Goldberg & Freyd- see http://ipip.ori.org/

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