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Use of the Mississippi Scale for Combat‐Related PTSD in detecting war‐related, non‐combat stress symptomatology
Author(s) -
Sloan Patrick,
Arsenault Linda,
Hilsenroth Mark,
Harvill Leo
Publication year - 1995
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(199511)51:6<799::aid-jclp2270510611>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - gulf war , psychology , psychiatry , scale (ratio) , military personnel , combat stress reaction , persian , clinical psychology , storm , validation test , posttraumatic stress , psychometrics , test validity , history , ancient history , meteorology , cartography , archaeology , geography , linguistics , philosophy
This study investigated the effectiveness of the Mississippi Scale for Desert Storm War Zone Personnel (M‐PTSD‐DS), developed from the Mississippi Scale for Combat Related PTSD (M‐PTSD; Keane, Caddell, & Taylor, 1988), in the measurement of varying degrees of war‐related post‐traumatic stress (PTS) symptomatology of non‐combat Persian Gulf War veterans. Thirty Marines were administered the M‐PTSD‐DS after 3 months of active duty in Operation Desert Storm. The M‐PTSD‐DS scores of the Marines were related significantly to the number of PTS symptoms reported by the Marines. This scale appears to be quite effective in detecting varying degrees of war‐related stress in non‐combatants.