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Convergent validity of three posttraumatic symptoms inventories among adult sexual abuse survivors
Author(s) -
Gold Jeffrey W.,
Cardeña Etzel
Publication year - 1998
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:1024425603790
Subject(s) - sexual abuse , convergent validity , psychology , victimology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , test validity , psychiatry , poison control , posttraumatic stress , injury prevention , medicine , medical emergency , internal consistency
We examined the convergent validity of three posttraumatic symptoms inventories, the civilian version of the Mississippi Scale for Combat‐Related PTSD (CM‐PTSD), the Trauma Symptom Checklist‐40 (TSC‐40), and the Response to Childhood Incest Questionnaire (RCIQ), in a sample of 52 adult sexual abuse survivors. The significant and moderate to strong correlations ( r = .6 or higher) among these inventories supported their convergent validity. Comparison with other studies also suggests that these instruments can adequately discriminate clinical from nonclinical populations.