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Structural Validity of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Among College Students With a Trauma History

Jon D. Elhai

The University of South Dakota, jonelhai{at}fastmail.fm or jelhai{at}usd.edu

Matt J. Gray

University of Wyoming

Anna R. Docherty

The University of Missouri-Columbia

Todd B. Kashdan

George Mason University

Samet Kose

Medical University of South Carolina

The authors conducted confirmatory factor analyses to test three-factor and four-factor models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using the PTSD Checklist with college students reporting a traumatic event history. The authors found support for the three-factor DSM-IV-based PTSD diagnostic model including reexperiencing, avoidance/numbing, and hyperarousal symptom factors, with slightly better support for a four-factor model separating the avoidance and numbing factors. Results further attest to the PTSD Checklist's construct validity, and to research finding that PTSD avoidance and numbing constructs are distinct.

Key Words: posttraumatic stress disorder • confirmatory factor analysis • college students • emotional trauma

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 22, No. 11, 1471-1478 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507305569
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