Construct validity of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist in cancer survivors: Analyses based on two samples Journal Article

  


Authors: Duhamel, K. N.; Ashman, T.; Keane, T. M.; Vickberg, S. M. J.; Scigliano, E.; Ostroff, J.; Winkel, G.; Mundy, E. A.; Morasco, B. J.; Hurley, K.; Burkhalter, J.; Chhabra, R.; Papadopoulos, E.; Moskowitz, C.; Redd, W.
Article Title: Construct validity of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist in cancer survivors: Analyses based on two samples
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 & 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 (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994), 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.
Keywords: adolescent; adult; cancer survival; aged; middle aged; major clinical study; neoplasms; reproducibility of results; diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; stem cell transplantation; survivors; medical research; measurement; posttraumatic stress disorder; bone marrow transplantation; psychometrics; factorial analysis; factor analysis, statistical; stress disorders, post-traumatic; personality inventory; humans; human; male; female; article
Journal Title: Psychological Assessment
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1040-3590
Publisher: American Psychological Association  
Date Published: 2004-09-01
Start Page: 255
End Page: 266
Language: English
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.3.255
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 15456381
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