Text of Brief Betrayal Trauma Survey (BBTS-CC) for a College Campus Climate Survey.


For each of the following events, please circle your response to indicate your best estimate of how many times the event has happened to you.

1. Been in a major earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane, or tornado that resulted in significant loss of personal property, serious injury to yourself or a significant other, the death of a significant other, or the fear of your own death.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

2. Been in a major automobile, boat, motorcycle, plane, train, or industrial accident that resulted in similar consequences.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

3. You witnessed someone with whom you were very close committing suicide, being killed, or being injured by another person so severely as to result in marks, bruises, burns, blood, or broken bones. 
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

4. You witnessed someone with whom you were not so close undergoing a similar kind of traumatic event.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

5. You witnessed someone with whom you were very close deliberately attack another family member or a close friend so severely as to result in marks, bruises, blood, broken bones, or broken teeth.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

6. You witnessed someone with whom you were not so close deliberately attack a family member or a close friend that severely.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

7. You were deliberately attacked that severely by someone with whom you were very close.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

8. You were deliberately attacked that severely by someone with whom you were not close.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

9. You were made to have some form of sexual contact, such as touching or penetration, by someone with whom you were very close.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

10. You were made to have such sexual contact by someone with whom you were not close.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

11. You were emotionally or psychologically mistreated over a significant period of time by someone with whom you were very close.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

12. You were emotionally or psychologically mistreated over a significant period of time by someone with whom you were not close.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

13. You learned that someone you were very close to was made to have such sexual contact by someone else.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

14. You learned that someone you knew but were not close to yourself was made to have such sexual contact by someone else.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

15. You experienced a seriously traumatic event not already covered in any of these questions.
Before you went to college:                          Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
After you started college but not while you were at college: Never       1 or 2 times   More than that
While you were at college:                             Never       1 or 2 times     More than that

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