Psychometric properties of the civilian version of the Mississippi PTSD Scale

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 499-513

  Lauterbach, Dean ^a   Vrana, Scott ^b   King, Daniel W ^c   King, Lynda A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; civilian Mississippi Scale; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030835995     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024801607043     Document Type: Article

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