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Psychometric evaluation and validation of the German version of the Acute Stress Disorder Scale across two distinct trauma populations
Author(s) -
Helfricht Susanne,
Landolt Markus A.,
Moergeli Hanspeter,
Hepp Urs,
Wegener Dominique,
Schnyder Ulrich
Publication year - 2009
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.20445
Subject(s) - acute stress disorder , german , psychometrics , construct validity , psychology , clinical psychology , anxiety , scale (ratio) , anxiety disorder , reliability (semiconductor) , psychiatry , test validity , posttraumatic stress , traumatic stress , power (physics) , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , history
Addressing the lack of self‐report tools for acute stress disorder assessment, the authors aimed at translating and evaluating the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) into German. The scale was applied to parents of children following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery ( n = 61), and to patients with an acute cardiac event ( n = 52) within one month of illness‐related trauma. Indices of reliability, construct, and predictive validity with established measures of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression suggest that the German ASDS is a psychometrically sound and valid instrument.