TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory
JO  - General hospital psychiatry
A1  - Nishi, Daisuke
A1  - Matsuoka, Yusaku
A1  - Noguchi, Hiroko
A1  - Sakuma, K.
A1  - Yonemoto, Naohiro
A1  - Yanagita, Tami
A1  - Homma, Masato
A1  - Kanba, Shigenobu
A1  - Kim, Youngho
SP  - 75
EP  - 79
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To assess the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI). METHOD: One hundred thirty-five participants with physical injury resulting from motor vehicle accidents were consecutively recruited in this cross-sectional study, from Aug. 18, 2005, to Jan. 8, 2008. A subsample (n=71) were retested on the PDI an average of 96.4 days after initial measure completion. RESULTS: Correlational analyses revealed an overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.83. The item-total correlations for the 13 items ranged from 0.29 to 0.75. The test-retest correlation coefficient was 0.61. The PDI was significantly correlated with the external validators such as peritraumatic dissociation as measured by the Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire (PDEQ); the intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal scores of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R); and the depression and anxiety subscales of the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) (P<.01). CONCLUSION: The present study indicated that the Japanese version of the PDI has a high degree of internal consistency, acceptable reliability and a high degree of concurrent validity with measures of peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic symptoms. The Japanese version of the PDI can be used as a validated instrument in future research.    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-8343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.09.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -