The child PTSD symptom scale: Psychometric properties in female adolescent sexual assault survivors

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-31

  Gillihan, Seth J ^a   Aderka, Idan M ^b   Conklin, Phoebe H ^a   Capaldi, Sandra ^a   Foa, Edna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Assessment; Measurement; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SURVIVOR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84875299690     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029553     Document Type: Article

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