@article{ref1,
title="Reliability and validity of a child-specific cross-cultural instrument for assessing posttraumatic stress disorder",
journal="European child and adolescent psychiatry",
year="2000",
author="Ahmad, Asyia and Sundelin-Wahlsten, V. and Sofi, M. A. and Qahar, J. A. and von Knorring, Anne-Liis",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="285-294",
abstract="The Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children (PTSS-C) was developed as a cross-cultural semi-structured interview to diagnose posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to identify PTSD-non-related posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after various traumatic experiences. The psychometric properties were studied in two different child populations in Iraqi Kurdistan (the survivors of the military operation &quot;Anfal&quot;, and the orphans), in a sample of Kurdistanian refugee children in Sweden, and in a comparison sample of Swedish children. The instrument yielded satisfactory internal consistency, high interrater agreement, and excellent validity on cross-validation with the Child Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index (CPTSD-RI) and the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA) according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1018-8827",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}