title: Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Lifetime Stressor Checklist-Revised in Psychiatric Outpatients with Anxiety or Depressive Disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Traumatic events and adverse stressful experiences are major etiological factors in a wide variety of physical and mental disorders. Developing psychological instruments that can be easily administered and that have good psychometric properties have become an integral part for research and practice. This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Lifetime Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R) in a consecutive sample of psychiatric outpatients. The LSC-R is a 30-item self-reporting questionnaire examining lifetime traumatic and non-traumatic stressors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A final sample of 258 outpatients with anxiety or depressive disorders was recruited at the psychiatric department of a university-affiliated teaching hospital. Self-reported data included the Life Events Checklist (LEC), the Zung Self-Rating Depression and Anxiety Scales, and the Impact of Events Scale-Revised, in addition to the LSC-R. A convenience sample of 50 college students completed the LSC-R on two occasions separated by a three week-interval for test-retest reliability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean kappa for temporal stability was high (κ=0.651) and Cronbach alpha was moderate (α=0.724). Convergent validity was excellent with corresponding items on the LEC. Concurrent validity was good for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. An exploratory factor analysis revealed that 11 factors explained 64.3 % of the total variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated good psychometric properties of the Korean version of the LSC-R, further supporting its use in clinical research and practice with a Korean speaking population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kang Rok
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dkim9289@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Daeho
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling Psychology, Honam University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Workplace Mental Health Institute, Gangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hwallip
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seok Hyeon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D057189:Checklist; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Trauma; assessment; life events; measurement; post-traumatic stress disorder