scholarly journals The Psychometric Properties of the Bangla Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): A Large-scale Validation Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Saiful Islam ◽  
Most. Zannatul Ferdous ◽  
Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan ◽  
Rafia Tasnim ◽  
Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan Masud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Abstract Background: The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5) is the most widely used screening tool in assessing posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders (DSM-5) criteria. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly translated Bangla PCL-5. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 10,605 individuals (61.0% male; mean age: 23.6±5.5 [13-71 years]) during May and June 2020, several months after the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh. The survey included Bangla PCL-5 and PHQ-9 depression scale. We used confirmatory factor analysis to test the four-factor DSM-5 model, the six-factor Anhedonia model, and the seven-factor Hybrid model. Results: Bangla PCL-5 displayed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.90). The Bangla PCL-5 score was significantly correlated with scores of the PHQ-9 depression scale. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated the models had a good fit to the data, including the four-factor DSM-5 model, the six-factor Anhedonia model, and the seven-factor Hybrid model.Conclusions: The Bangla PCL-5 appears to be a valid and reliable psychometric screening tool that may be employed in the prospective evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder in Bangladesh.

Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale Interview for DSM–5 (PSSI–5).

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1159-1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edna B. Foa ◽  
Carmen P. McLean ◽  
Yinyin Zang ◽  
Jody Zhong ◽  
Sheila Rauch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Symptom Scale ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Disorder Symptom

When Did Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Get So Many Factors? Confirmatory Factor Models Since DSM–5

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rasmussen ◽  
Jay Verkuilen ◽  
Nuwan Jayawickreme ◽  
Zebing Wu ◽  
Sydne T. McCluskey
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
External Validation ◽  
Symptom Dimensions ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Almost All

For over three decades confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been used to test the construct validity of models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The four symptom dimensions of PTSD in the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM–5) are based on CFA. Since the publication of DSM–5, the number of proposed factors has grown from four to seven. We review these models, focusing on (a) the number of symptoms per factor, indicating how well factors are identified; (b) correlations between factors, indicating how distinct they are; and (c) their external validation. Of the 27 CFAs published since 2013, almost all included factors composed of only two symptoms, and most relied on more than one. High factor correlations were the norm. Two thirds of models provided external validation. Discussion concerns implications for PTSD’s measurement and construct validity and recommendations for improving CFA in the PTSD literature.

Dimensions of DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S514-S514 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Soberón ◽  
M. Crespo ◽  
M. Gómez-Gutiérrez ◽  
V. Fernández-Lansac
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Externalizing Behaviors ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Iv Model

IntroductionDespite the four factor model of PTSD proposed in the DSM-5 (APA, 2013) has received a better empirical support than three factor model of DSM-IV (APA, 1994), some alternative models proposed can provide a better representation of PTSD's latent structure.ObjectiveThe current study tested the fit of seven models, including the 3-factor DSM-IV model (APA, 1994), the 4-factor DSM-5 model (APA, 2000), the 4-factor dysphoria model (Simms, Watson & Doebbeling, 2002), the 5-factor dysphoric arousal model (Elhai et al., 2012), the 6-factor anhedonia model (Liu et al., 2014), the 6-factor externalizing behaviors model (Tsai et al., 2014) and the 7-factor hybrid model (Armour et al., 2015) that combines key features of the anhedonia and externalizing behaviors models.AimIt expected that the 7-factor hybrid model (Armour et al., 2015) would be the best fitting model.MethodsPTSD symptoms were assessed using the Global Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (EGEP-5; Crespo, Gómez & Soberón, 2016) in a sample of 165 victims of different traumatic events. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFAs) were conducted on each of the seven models using Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation method.ResultsAll the models tested (except for DSM-IV model) yielded an adequate fit to the data. However, 7-factor hybrid model (Armour et al., 2015) provided a better fit than other competing models.ConclusionsThe current findings suggest that the dimensional structure of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms may be best represented by the 7 factors proposed in the hybrid model instead of 4 factors of DSM-5.References not available.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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