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- Title
An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the traumatic events questionnaire in primary care patients.
- Authors
Crawford, Eric F.; Lang, Ariel J.; Laffaye, Charlene
- Abstract
This study examined the reliability of reports of traumatic experiences across the Traumatic Events Questionnaire (TEQ; S. Vrana & D. Lauterbach, 1994) and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI; World Health Organization, 1998), and evaluated other psychometric properties of the TEQ in 154 primary care patients. Agreement rates for various traumatic experiences were moderate to substantial, with sexual abuse showing 87% agreement, and other forms of trauma exhibiting rates from 81–74%. The TEQ yields a trauma intensity score, which produced stronger correlations with self-reported PTSD symptoms and problematic anger than the sum of traumas experienced. Trauma intensity also proved to be a powerful predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnostic status. Results support the TEQ as a measure of traumatic exposure in primary care populations.
- Subjects
PRIMARY care; MEDICAL care; POST-traumatic stress disorder; TRAUMATOLOGY; MENTAL health; LIFE change events; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; PRIMARY health care; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2008, Vol 21, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.20280