Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of two self-report scales among crime victims

Tamar D. Wohlfarth; Wim van den Brink; Frans Willem Winkel; Mario ter Smitten

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.15.1.101

Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of two self-report scales among crime victims

Tamar D. Wohlfarth
, Wim van den Brink
, Frans Willem Winkel
, Mario ter Smitten

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The validity of the Impact of Events Scale (IES) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptom Scale, Self-Report version (PSS-SR) was examined among crime victims. Both instruments performed well as screeners for PTSD. For the IES, sensitivity ranged between .93 and 1.00; for the PSS-SR, sensitivity ranged between .80 and .90. Specificity for the IES ranged between;78 and .84 and for the PSS-SR ranged between .84 and .88. Some individual items, from the 2 scales performed just as well as the total scales. The authors conclude that either of these short self-report instruments or their individual items are suitable as screeners for PTSD, specifically in settings where mental health professionals are unavailable. Cross-validation of these results is necessary because of the small sample size in this study

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-109
Journal	Psychological assessment
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.15.1.101
Publication status	Published - 2003

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