Reliability and validity of the Trauma Symptom Inventory with veterans evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 256-261

  Snyder, Jessica J ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^a   North, Terry C ^b   Heaney, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychometrics; Trauma Symptom Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; TRAUMA SYMPTOM INVENTORY; VALIDITY; VETERAN;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 70449532479     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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