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The validation of a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder: The Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale
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The present article reports on the development and validation of a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PTDS), that yields both a PTSD diagnosis according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994; DSM-IV) criteria and a measure of PTSD symptom severity. Two-hundred forty-eight participants who had experienced a wide variety of traumas (e.g., accident, fire, natural disaster, assault, combat) were administered the PTSD module of the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID; Spitzer, Williams, Gibbons, & First, 1990), the PTDS, and scales measuring trauma-related psychopathology. The PTDS demonstrated high internal consistency and test-retest reliability, high diagnostic agreement with SCID, and good sensitivity and specificity. The satisfactory validity of the PTDS was further supported by its high correlations with other measures of trauma-related psychopathology. Therefore, the PTDS appears to be a useful tool for screening and assessing current PTSD in clinical and research settings.
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“Chung and Reed [35] found that 60% of their sample met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD when assessed with the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS [46]).”
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“The Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) is a well-validated self-report questionnaire to screen for posttraumatic stress.15”
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“PTSD symptom severity at 2 weeks was assessed using the self-report Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale [PDS, (35); α =.92]”
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“Diagnoses for the study were confirmed by DSM-IV-TR criteria using a recognized PTSD questionnaire, the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale [9].”
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“The PDS has adequate convergent validity and is highly correlated with other measures of trauma and PTSS (Foa et al., 1997).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Foa, E. B., Cashman, L., Jaycox, L., & Perry, K.
- Venue
- Psychological Assessment
- Published
- 1997-12
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 445-451
- ISSN
- 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-134X
- OpenAlex
- W2046229376
- Semantic Scholar
- 911ae48c8b0e9e92af3098fd933ad0ca377e4d74
- Cited by
- 2,709
- References
- 30
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- 2026: 50 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 89 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 126 · 2019: 118 · 2018: 141 · 2017: 155 · 2016: 154 · 2015: 167 · 2014: 163 · 2013: 165 · 2012: 143
- FWCI
- 11.05
- 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 › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, self-report measures, PTSD symptom severity, diagnostic validity, DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, trauma-related psychopathology, screening tool, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, diagnostic agreement
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