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The validity of the children's PTSD inventory
Author(s) -
Yasik Anastasia E.,
Saigh Philip A.,
Oberfield Richard A.,
Green Bonnie,
Halamandaris Phill,
McHugh Margaret
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1023/a:1007887615685
Subject(s) - psychology , cbcl , neuroticism , discriminant validity , clinical psychology , extraversion and introversion , eysenck personality questionnaire , psychometrics , test validity , convergent validity , child behavior checklist , personality assessment inventory , construct validity , predictive validity , anxiety , anxiety disorder , personality , psychiatry , big five personality traits , social psychology , internal consistency
The Children's PTSD Inventory (CPTSDI) was administered to 76 traumatized and 28 nontraumatized youths. CPTSDI diagnoses were compared to DICA‐R and SCID PTSD diagnoses. Moderate to high sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive power, and diagnostic efficiency were evidenced across criterion measures. Convergent validity was evidenced by significant correlations with the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Children's Depression Inventory, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Internalizing scale, and the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory (JEPI) Neuroticism scale. Discriminant validity was observed through nonsignificant correlations with the CBCL Externalizing and the JEPI Extroversion scales.