Citation

Koretzky MB, Peck AH. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 1990; 46(3): 296-300.

Affiliation

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Psychology Service, Fort Howard, MD 21052.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2347934

Abstract

The 49-item MMPI PTSD Subscale, developed and validated with Vietnam combat veterans, was administered to validation and cross-validation samples of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) patients who had experienced non-military traumatic events and to psychiatric controls (total N = 69). Using a cutting score of 19, derived from the validation sample only, the PTSD subscale correctly classified 87% of all validation subjects and 88% of all cross-validation subjects. Results strongly support the utility of MMPI assessment of PTSD with civilian trauma victims as one component of a broad assessment strategy.

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