Cross-cultural and factorial validity of PTSD check list-military version (PCL-M) in Sinhalese language

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Semage, Saveen N ^a,b   Sivayogan, Sivagurunadan ^c   Forbes, David ^d   Odonnell, Meaghan ^d   Monaragala, Roshan M M ^a   Lockwood, Emma ^d   Dunt, David ^b  

^a Sri Lanka Army Medical Services   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validation; Factorial validity; PCL M; PTSD; Sri Lanka Army

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899680963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.19707     Document Type: Article

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