Assessing posttraumatic stress in military service members: Improving efficiency and accuracy

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Fissette, Caitlin L ^a   Snyder, Douglas K ^a   Balderrama Durbin, Christina ^a   Balsis, Steve ^a   Cigrang, Jeffrey ^c   Talcott, G Wayne ^b   Tatum, JoLyn ^c   Baker, Monty ^d   Cassidy, Daniel ^d   Sonnek, Scott ^d   Heyman, Richard E ^e   Slep, Amy M Smith ^e  

^a Texas A andM University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^d WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory (IRT); Military; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Ptsd checklist; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PTSD CHECKLIST MILITARY; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR; CHECKLIST; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896726040     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034315     Document Type: Article

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