The latest assessment of 12 factors of intergenerational transmission of trauma

HITT-Q is the latest and most comprehensive tool for assessing 12 factors of intergenerational transmission of trauma. Proven reliability: ✓ confirmed factor structure; ✓ high internal consistency; ✓ stable retest reliability; ✓ validated on different populations

The methodology has been successfully adapted and validated for the Ukrainian population in wartime conditions. A study of a sample of 299 individuals confirmed the psychometric properties and revealed unique patterns of transgenerational trauma transmission in the context of the current conflict and historical traumas.

BRIEF
INFORMATION:

Authors: Dr. Vera Békés (Adelphi University, USA) and Claire J. Starrs (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada). Year of creation: 2024. First publication: March 26, 2024, in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology.
Initial validation: a sample of 1,104 descendants of Holocaust survivors.

INTERNATIONAL
PUBLICATIONS:

Békés, V., & Starrs, C. J. (2024). Assessing transgenerational trauma transmission: development and psychometric properties of the Historical Intergenerational Trauma Transmission Questionnaire (HITT-Q), European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2329510.

Starrs, C. J., & Békés, V. (2024). Historical Intergenerational Trauma Transmission Model: A Comprehensive Framework of Family and Offspring Processes of Transgenerational Trauma, Траumatology, April 2024
31(2):243-251.

PubMed ID: 38530844.
PMC: PMC10967669.

PUBLICATIONS
IN UKRAINE:

Stanislavska, T., & Milyutina, K. (2025). Ukrainian adaptation of the Historical Trauma Intergenerational Transmission Questionnaire (HITT-Q): psychometric characteristics and validity. Kyiv Journal of Contemporary Psychology and Psychotherapy, November 2025. In press.

Stanislavska, T., & Milyutina, K. (2025). Factor structure of the Ukrainian version of the HITT-Q: confirmatory analysis and construct validity. KELM (Knowledge, Education, Law, Management), (5)73. In press.

Stanislavska, T., & Milyutina, K. (2025). Cross-cultural comparison of transgenerational trauma in wartime: results of a Ukrainian-Hungarian study using the HITT-Q methodology. Habitus, 77. In press.