“Darryl” is a cartoon-based assessment tool designed to measure symptoms of possible PTSD according to DSM-IV among school-aged children (19 (link)). The test consists of cartoon pictures illustrating the boy Darryl (in Danish “Thomas”) and is designed to illustrate the boy in different situations where emotional, behavioral, or cognitive symptoms of PTSD occur. Each cartoon depicts a different PTSD symptom, and an interviewer reads aloud the corresponding short script describing the content of the cartoon. The child is asked to respond to the script using one of the three response choices “never”, “some of the time” or “a lot of the time” to describe to what extent the child feels like Darryl. The responses are assigned a score of 0, 1, or 2, respectively (8 (link)). The tests used in this study are the versions designed to reflect one of the two traumas: sexual abuse or physical abuse. The Danish version of the tests consist of 19 items which measure symptoms of possible PTSD which gives a possible range of scores between 0-38. Seven items cover symptoms of re-experiencing, seven items cover symptoms of avoidance, and five items cover symptoms of hyperarousal (22 (link)). Two additional items concern somatic symptoms (headache and stomachache) that are common trauma symptoms in children. Following the DSM-IV (16 ), diagnostic criteria for PTSD were met if participants endorsed at least one symptom of re-experiencing, at least three symptoms of avoidance and at least two symptoms of hyperarousal. The symptom criteria were met if the response was “Some of the time” or “A lot of the time”.