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What does the Keane et al. PTSD scale for the MMPI measure?
Author(s) -
Watson Charles G.,
Juba Mark,
Anderson Patricia E. D.,
Manifold Victor
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199009)46:5<600::aid-jclp2270460509>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , scale (ratio) , personality test , psychiatry , test validity , personality , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
The correlations of the Keane, Malloy, and Fairbank (1984) MMPI PTSD scale with DSM‐III‐based post‐traumatic stress disorder symptom, section, and factor score ratings, and with combat history, were studied to determine what aspects of the disturbance it measures ( N = 61). The scale's correlations with the various symptom criteria were both substantial and strikingly consistent. However, its relationships with trauma history measures were modest and frequently nonsignificant. The data suggest that the scale is a moderately strong measure of the various PTSD symptoms, but is related only weakly to trauma history.