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Development and validation of the sources of trauma‐related guilt survey—war‐zone version
Author(s) -
Kubany Edward S.,
Abueg Francis R.,
Kilauano William L.,
Manke Frederic P.,
Kaplan Aaron S.
Publication year - 1997
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.2490100206
Subject(s) - psychology , posttraumatic stress , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , vietnam war , political science , economics , macroeconomics , law
Despite clinical observations that many veterans have multiple sources of war‐related guilt, many problematic guilt issues are commonly not treated or even detected by clinicians. We describe development of a survey that systematically assesses idiosyncratic sources of guilt across the spectrum of events that are potential sources of trauma‐related guilt from the war‐zone. A multimethod strategy was used to develop a survey with strong content validity. Results indicate the survey is temporally stable, substantially correlated with other measures of guilt, and highly correlated with measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Findings confirm that many Vietnam veterans have multiple sources of severe war‐related guilt. The survey may have important clinical utility for problem identification, treatment planning, and evaluating treatment efficacy.