title: Dimensional assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder in DSM-5.
abstract: The present paper describes the development of the National Stressful Events Survey for PTSD-Short Scale (NSESSS-PTSD), a new self-report scale for PTSD that is brief (9 items), free of copyright restrictions, and consistent with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Study 1 describes the development of the NSESSS-PTSD scale items, which were reduced from a larger pool of items that were administered to a subsample of individuals with probable DSM-5 PTSD diagnoses from a large national sample. The resultant scale included items from each criterion and demonstrated high internal consistency. Study 2 evaluates the psychometric properties of the NSESSS-PTSD in a trauma-exposed non-clinical sample. Strong psychometric properties were observed in the sample, including convergent validity (through comparison to the DSM-IV Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist), internal consistency, and the presence of a single dominant factor. Limitations of the present studies are discussed and specific recommendations for the next steps in the validation process are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA. Electronic address: rlebeau@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: LeBeau
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mischel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, MSC 861, 2nd Fl. IOP South Building, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, MSC 861, 2nd Fl. IOP South Building, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and National Center for PTSD, VA Medical Center, 215 North Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Craske
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: DSM-5; Diagnosis; PTSD; Scale construction