title: Sufficiency of a two factor model for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in spinal injury.
abstract: The above study has many of strengths, including an important topic, excellent sample size, well-articulated design and questionnaire, thorough factor analysis with goodness-of-fit tests, a clear explanation of the rationale for the findings, as well as their current applications in the medical field. Despite these strengths, the fit of the findings to the five-factor model of Elhai and Palmieri (2011) would appear to be lower than the fit to a two-factor model, a model that explains the data well. Therefore, we recommend that practitioners refrain from adopting and implementing the five-factor model for PTSD treatment in traumatic spinal injury victims due to insufficient support at this time.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Institute for Quantitative Biology East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
authors.forename: Judith W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gichia
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Institute for Quantitative Biology East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. Electronic address: glennl@etsu.edu.
authors.forename: L Lee
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Glenn
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology