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Psychometrics of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5 for Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents

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Foa, Edna B., Asnaani, Anu, Zang, Yinyin, Capaldi, Sandra, Yeh, Rebecca·2018·Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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This study evaluated psychometric properties of interview, self-report, and screening versions of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5 (CPSS-5), a measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for traumatized youth based on DSM-5 criteria. Participants were 64 children and adolescents (51.6% female, 45.3% African American/Black) between 8 and 18 years of age (M = 14.1, SD = 2.5) who had experienced a DSM-5 Criterion A trauma. Participants completed test-retest procedures for the self-report and interviewer versions of the CPSS-5 in 2 visits that were up to 2 weeks apart. Analyses revealed excellent internal consistencies, good to excellent test-retest reliability, and good convergent validity and discriminant validity for interview and self-report versions of the scale. Receiver operating characteristic analysis yielded a cutoff score of 31 on the CPSS-5 self-report version for identifying probable PTSD diagnosis. Six most frequently endorsed items by those with a possible PTSD diagnosis on the CPSS-5 were identified to constitute a screen version of the CPSS-5, showing good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The three versions of the CPSS-5 scales are valid and reliable measures of DSM-5 PTSD symptomatology in traumatized youth.

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Authors
Foa, E. B., Asnaani, A., Zang, Y., Capaldi, S., & Yeh, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Corresponding author
Foa, Edna B.
Venue
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Published
2017-08-18
Volume
47
Issue
1
Pages
38-46
ISSN
  • 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-4424
OpenAlex
W2748662419
Cited by
281
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 39 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3
FWCI
17.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Community Engagement Action Research (CEAR) Core - University of Pennsylvania (8UL1TR000003)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, children and adolescents, trauma exposure, psychometric properties, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, screening tool, DSM-5 PTSD criteria
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child Abuse, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Psychometrics, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Reproducibility of Results, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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