title: The Utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory in the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans.
abstract: We examined the use of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in a small sample of 47 U.S. military veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately half of the sample met criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale. PAI profiles were compared between the PTSD and non-PTSD groups. The PTSD group had clinically significant scores (≥ 70 T) on the PAI for 5 clinical scales (anxiety, anxiety-related disorders, depression, paranoia, and schizophrenia) and 10 clinical subscales consistent with the typical symptom picture for PTSD. Effect size correlations ( r) between scales and diagnosis group membership were large ( r ≥ .5) for several scales that reflect PTSD symptoms and for the PTSD LOGIT function. In a receiver operating characteristics curve analysis, the PTSD LOGIT function and the Traumatic Stress Subscale both demonstrated good diagnostic utility (areas under the curve > .80).
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.|2 Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Bellet
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.|2 Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Meghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McDevitt-Murphy
authors.affiliation: 2 Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Danielle H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.|2 Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Luciano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: personality assessment inventory; posttraumatic stress disorder; veterans