The child PTSD symptom scale: An update and replication of its psychometric properties

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1025-1031

  Nixon, Reginald D V ^a   Meiser Stedman, Richard ^b   Dalgleish, Tim ^b   Yule, William ^c   Clark, David M ^d   Perrin, Sean ^c,e   Smith, Patrick ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Cpss; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Reliable change index; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CHILD PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REPLICATION STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84883802753     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033324     Document Type: Article

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