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- Title
Confirmatory factor analysis of the PTSD checklist in the elderly.
- Authors
Schinka, John A.; Brown, Lisa M.; Borenstein, Amy R.; Mortimer, James A.
- Abstract
The authors examined the psychometric characteristics and factor structure of the Civilian Version of the PTSD Checklist (PCL-C; F. W. Weathers, B. T. Litz, J. A. Huska, & T. Keane, 1994) in elderly survivors, aged 66–90, of the 2004 Florida hurricane disasters. Confirmatory factor analyses of nine models of PCL-C structure revealed the strongest support for a 4-factor model consisting of reexperiencing, avoidance, numbing, and arousal dimensions. Future studies will be facilitated by the knowledge that the PCL-C 4-factor model appears to apply across the adult age range and a variety of posttraumatic stress disorder-producing conditions.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; FACTOR analysis; POST-traumatic stress disorder; NATURAL disasters; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; MENTAL health; MENTAL depression; PATH analysis (Statistics); HURRICANES
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2007, Vol 20, Issue 3, p281
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.20202