Structural validity of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist among college students with a trauma history

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1471-1478

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Gray, Matt J ^b   Docherty, Anna R ^c   Kashdan, Todd B ^d   Kose, Samet ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Confirmatory factor analysis; Emotional trauma; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 35148815672     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507305569     Document Type: Article

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