Civilian PTSD Scales

Autor/inn/en	Shapinsky, Alicia C.; Rapport, Lisa J.; Henderson, Melinda J.; Axelrod, Bradley N.
Titel	Civilian PTSD Scales
Quelle	In: Assessment, 12 (2005) 2, S.220-230 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-1911
DOI	10.1177/1073191104273130
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psychometrics; Measures (Individuals); Affective Behavior; Personality Traits; College Students; Test Validity; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Messdaten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Collegestudent; Testvalidität
Abstract	Strong associations between civilian posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scales and measures of general psychological distress suggest that the scales are nonspecific to PTSD. Three common PTSD scales were administered to 122 undergraduates who had experienced an emotionally salient, nontraumatic event: a college examination. Results indicated that normal levels of anxiety associated with the examination were positively correlated with scores on the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, Revised Civilian Mississippi Scale, and PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version. Multiple regression analyses indicated that substantial variance in the PTSD scales was accounted for by trait characteristics such as negative and positive affectivity and affect intensity (R2 .29 to .53). Negative affectivity correlated as highly with PTSD measures (r = .46 to .71) as those measures correlated with each other (r = .48 to .65). A high proportion of participants exceeded clinical cutoffs on these measures. The findings suggest that these PTSD scales may be overly sensitive to nontraumatic stressors such as everyday distress and trait characteristics. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10