Citation

Chung H, Kim JW, Kwon J, Kim K, Ryou B, Ryu HJ. Psychiatry Investig. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Social Welfare, College of Social Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Korean Neuropsychiatric Association)

DOI

10.30773/pi.2019.0168

PMID

31648424

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a brief rating scale of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among sexual violence victims. We analyzed the data from 195 victims and 220 non-victims to select meaningful items from the original PTSD rating scales. We also examined the validity of the brief scale by assessing internal consistency and ROC curves. The optimal cutoff scores for each brief scales were obtained. The results showed that a different approach may be required for early intervention in different age groups.

Language: en

Keywords

Brief scale; Item response theory; PTSD; Receiver operating characteristics; Sexual violence victim