title: The concurrent and incremental validity of the trauma symptom inventory in women reporting histories of sexual maltreatment.
abstract: The Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), and Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) were administered to 71 women who reported histories of childhood and/or adult sexual maltreatment and 25 women who did not report a history of victimization. The TSI validity scales were not effective in identifying MMPI-2 defined invalid responding although were moderately related to MMPI-2 validity scales designed to identify similar response styles. In contrast, the TSI clinical scales displayed good convergent validity with conceptually related scales on the MMPI-2 and PDS. Also, the TSI added incrementally, albeit modestly, to the MMPI-2 in prediction of PDS defined PTSD.
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MN 55417, USA. paul.arbisi@va.gov
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Arbisi
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Erbes
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Polusny
authors.forename: Nathaniel W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health