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The assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder: With the clinician administered PTSD scale: Dutch results
Author(s) -
Hovens J. E.,
van der Ploeg H. M.,
Klaarenbeek M. T. A.,
Bramsen I.,
Schreuder J. N.,
Rivero V. Vladar
Publication year - 1994
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(199405)50:3<325::aid-jclp2270500304>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - psychology , inter rater reliability , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , posttraumatic stress , clinical psychology , psychiatry , kappa , intrusion , acute stress disorder , internal consistency , rating scale , psychometrics , developmental psychology , personality , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , geochemistry , geology
The Clinician Administered PTSD Scale was employed with 76 traumatized Dutch subjects from different treatment centers and one social rehabilitation center. Subjects were traumatized either in childhood, in adolescence, or in early adulthood. The CAPS showed an overall agreement with clinical diagnosis of 79%, with a kappa coefficient of .58. Interrater agreement on the CAPS subscales of intensity (intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal) varied from .93 to .98. The internal consistency for all core symptoms of DSM‐III‐R at the CAPS intensity level for current PTSD was .89, and for lifetime PTSD .86. Concurrent validity was established by correlating the CAPS with the Mississippi Scale, the MMPI, and the Impact of Event Scale. All correlations were significant beyond .001. Finally, the CAPS items, both core symptoms and associative features, are discussed in detail at item level.