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Psychometric properties of nine scoring rules for the Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale.

Weathers, Frank W., Ruscio, Ayelet Meron, Keane, Terence M.·1999·Psychological Assessment

Abstract

The use of structured interviews that yield continuous measures of symptom severity has become increasingly widespread in the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To date, however, few scoring rules have been developed for converting continuous severity scores into dichotomous PTSD diagnoses. In this article, we describe and evaluate 9 such rules for the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS). Overall, these rules demonstrated good to excellent reliability and good correspondence with a PTSD diagnosis based on the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.; DSM-II1—R; American Psychiatric Association, 1987). However, the rules yielded widely varying prevalence estimates in 2 samples of male Vietnam veterans. Also, the use of DSM-III-R versus DSM-IV criteria had negligible impact on PTSD diagnostic status. The selection of CAPS scoring rules for different assessment tasks is discussed.

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Authors
Weathers, F. W., Ruscio, A. M., & Keane, T. M.
Affiliations
Auburn University (US)
Venue
Psychological Assessment
Published
1999-06
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
124-133
ISSN
  • 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-134X
OpenAlex
W2106427901
Cited by
707
References
35
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FWCI
14.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale, scoring rules, symptom severity, diagnostic validity, reliability statistics, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, Vietnam War veterans, prevalence estimates

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