Construct validity of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist in cancer survivors: analyses based on two samples.
Psychol Assess
; 16(3): 255-66, 2004 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-15456381
ABSTRACT
The measurement of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is critically important for the identification and treatment of this disorder. The PTSD Checklist (PCL; F. W. Weathers and J. Ford, 1996) is a self-report measure that is increasingly used. In this study, the authors investigated the factorial validity of the PCL with data from 236 cancer survivors who received a bone marrow or stem cell transplantation. The authors examined the fit of these data with the clinical model of 3 symptom clusters for PTSD, as proposed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and alternative models tested in prior research. By using confirmatory factor analysis the authors found that a 4-first-order-factor model of PTSD provided the best fit. The relations of PTSD symptoms with sociodemographic and medical variables were also explored.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Inventário de Personalidade
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Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos
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Sobreviventes
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article