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The crucial role of criterion A: A response to Maier's commentary
Author(s) -
Weathers F. W.,
Keane T. M.
Publication year - 2007
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.20297
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , psychology , posttraumatic stress , empirical research , social psychology , psychoanalysis , clinical psychology , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , programming language
We thank Maier for his thoughtful comments (this issue, pp. 925–926) and appreciate the opportunity to further explicate our views regarding the Criterion A problem. According to Maier, the obvious conclusion to be drawn from our article (Weathers & Keane, 2007) is that Criterion A should be eliminated. We believe the opposite, given the current conceptual and empirical status of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) construct.