Item order effects in the evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom structure

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 852-864

  Witte, Tracy K ^a   Domino, Jessica L ^a   Weathers, Frank W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; PTSD symptom structure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS; DSM-IV; DYSPHORIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PTSD CHECKLIST; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940104905     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000089     Document Type: Article

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