title: Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the child PTSD symptom scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) were examined in a sample of young individuals who experienced a severe earthquake.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were 479 children and adolescents recruited from schools after 18 months of Van earthquake. Mean age was 12.83 (SD±1.88), ranging from 8 to 18.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Psychometric features were generally good for the CPSS. The original three-factor structure was replicated in this study. Internal consistency of the scale was good (ranged from α=.70 to α=.89 for total and subscale scores). The CPSS demonstrated good convergent validity with Child Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index scores as well as good divergent validity with the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and Child Depression Inventory. As an evidence for a good discriminant validity, the CPSS successfully distinguished high PTSD individuals from low PTSD individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CPSS had sound psychometric properties in a Turkish youth population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: tayyibkadak@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Muhammed Tayyib
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kadak
authors.affiliation: Faculty of art and Science, Department of Psychology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boysan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatria, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ceylan
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Veysi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ceri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D014421:Turkey