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Confirmatory factor analysis of posttraumatic stress symptoms in sexually harassed women
Author(s) -
Palmieri Patrick A.,
Fitzgerald Louise F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20074
Subject(s) - psychology , posttraumatic stress , confirmatory factor analysis , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , checklist , poison control , structural equation modeling , medicine , statistics , mathematics , environmental health , cognitive psychology
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) factor analytic research to date has not provided a clear consensus on the structure of posttraumatic stress symptoms. Seven hypothesized factor structures were evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist, a paper‐and‐pencil measure of posttraumatic stress symptom severity, in a sample of 1,218 women who experienced a broad range of workplace sexual harassment. The model specifying correlated re‐experiencing, effortful avoidance, emotional numbing, and hyperarousal factors provided the best fit to the data. Virtually no support was obtained for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , fourth edition ( DSM‐IV ; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) three‐factor model of re‐experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal factors. Different patterns of correlations with external variables were found for the avoidance and emotional numbing factors, providing further validation of the supported model.