The Validation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Nonclinical Subjects

• Published in: Psychotherapy and psychosomatics Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 47 - 53
• Main Authors: Ventureyra, Valérie A.G., Yao, Sai-Nan, Cottraux, Jean, Note, Ivan, De Mey-Guillard, Chantal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2002; Karger
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Regular Article; Reproducibility of Results; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology; Techniques and methods; Intrusion; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); PTSD Checklist Scale (PCLS); Arousal; Depression; Anxiety; Psychometric parameters; Numbing; Avoidance; Human; Evaluation; Foreign language version; Factor analysis; Posttraumatic syndrome; Questionnaire; Healthy subject; Anxiety disorder; Prediction; Psychometrics; Test reliability; Intertrial interval; Stress; Test validation; Construct validity; Symptomatology; French; Follow up study; Convergent validity; Test scoring; Comparative study

Background: The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale (PCLS) is a short self-report inventory for assessing the 3 main syndromes of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The aim of this study was the validation of the French version of the PCLS in PTSD subjects and nonclinical subjects. Meth...