Psychometric analysis of the PTSD checklist-5 (PCL-5) among treatment-seeking military service members

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1392-1403

  Wortmann, Jennifer H ^a,b   Jordan, Alexander H ^a,b   Weathers, Frank W ^c   Resick, Patricia A ^d   Dondanville, Katherine A ^e   Hall Clark, Brittany ^e   Foa, Edna B ^f   Young McCaughan, Stacey ^e   Yarvis, Jeffrey S ^g   Hembree, Elizabeth A ^f   Mintz, Jim ^e   Peterson, Alan L ^e,h   Litz, Brett T ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; PCL 5; Psychometrics; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PSYCHOMETRY; SOLDIER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953897433     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000260     Document Type: Article

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