Diagnostic accuracy of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist: Civilian version in a representative military sample

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 321-325

  Karstoft, Karen Inge ^a   Andersen, Søren Bo ^b   Bertelsen, Mette ^b   Madsen, Trine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Research and Knowledge Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prevalence; Ptsd checklist; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMBAT EXPOSURE SCALE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN VERSION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; CHECKLIST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896740559     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034889     Document Type: Article

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