Structural Validity of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Among College Students With a Trauma History Article (Web of Science)

abstract

  • The authors conducted confirmatory factor analyses to test three-factor and four-factor models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using the PTSD Checklist with college students reporting a traumatic event history. The authors found support for the three-factor DSM-IV-based PTSD diagnostic model including reexperiencing, avoidance/numbing, and hyperarousal symptom factors, with slightly better support for a four-factor model separating the avoidance and numbing factors. Results further attest to the PTSD Checklist's construct validity, and to research finding that PTSD avoidance and numbing constructs are distinct.

authors

  • Elhai, Jon D
  • Gray, Matt J.
  • Docherty, Anna R.
  • Kashdan, Todd B.
  • Kose, Samet

publication date

  • 2007

published in

number of pages

  • 7

start page

  • 1471

end page

  • 1478

volume

  • 22

issue

  • 11