The predictive validity of the PTSD Checklist in a nonclinical sample of combat-exposed National Guard troops

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1034-1040

  Arbisi, Paul A ^a,b   Kaler, Matthew E ^c   Kehle Forbes, Shannon M ^b,c   Erbes, Christopher R ^b   Polusny, Melissa A ^b,c   Thuras, Paulk ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

National Guard soldiers; PCL M; Predictive validity; PTSD; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHECKLIST; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PTSD CHECKLIST; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAR;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84872104509     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028014     Document Type: Article

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