Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of two self-report scales among crime victims.
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Assessment
- Vol. 15 (1), 101-109
- https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.15.1.101
Abstract
The validity of the Impact of Events Scale (IES) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptom Scale, Self-Report version (PSS-SR) was examined among crime victims. Both instruments performed well as screeners for PTSD. For the IES, sensitivity ranged between .93 and 1.00; for the PSS-SR, sensitivity ranged between .80 and .90. Specificity for the IES ranged between .78 and .84 and for the PSS-SR ranged between .84 and .88. Some individual items from the 2 scales performed just as well as the total scales. The authors conclude that either of these short self-report instruments or their individual items are suitable as screeners for PTSD, specifically in settings where mental health professionals are unavailable. Cross-validation of these results is necessary because of the small sample size in this study.Keywords
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