TY - JOUR
T1 - Portuguese version of the PTSD Checklist-Military Version (PCL-M)-I
T2 - Confirmatory Factor Analysis and reliability
AU - Carvalho, Teresa
AU - Cunha, Marina
AU - Pinto-Gouveia, José
AU - Duarte, Joana
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by first author׳s Ph.D. Grant ( SFRH/BD/68452/2010 ), sponsored by FCT ( Foundation for Science and Technology ), Portugal, and co-sponsored by ESF ( European Social Fund ), Belgium, through Portuguese POPH ( Human Potential Operational Program ).
PY - 2015/3/30
Y1 - 2015/3/30
N2 - The PTSD Checklist-Military Version (PCL-M) is a brief self-report instrument widely used to assess Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in war Veterans, according to DSM- IV. This study sought out to explore the factor structure and reliability of the Portuguese version of the PCL-M. A sample of 660 Portuguese Colonial War Veterans completed the PCL-M. Several Confirmatory Factor Analyses were conducted to test different structures for PCL-M PTSD symptoms. Although the respecified first-order four-factor model based on King et al.'s model showed the best fit to the data, the respecified first and second-order models based on the DSM- IV symptom clusters also presented an acceptable fit. In addition, the PCL-M showed adequate reliability. The Portuguese version of the PCL-M is thus a valid and reliable measure to assess the severity of PTSD symptoms as described in DSM- IV. Its use with Portuguese Colonial War Veterans may ease screening of possible PTSD cases, promote more suitable treatment planning, and enable monitoring of therapeutic outcomes.
AB - The PTSD Checklist-Military Version (PCL-M) is a brief self-report instrument widely used to assess Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in war Veterans, according to DSM- IV. This study sought out to explore the factor structure and reliability of the Portuguese version of the PCL-M. A sample of 660 Portuguese Colonial War Veterans completed the PCL-M. Several Confirmatory Factor Analyses were conducted to test different structures for PCL-M PTSD symptoms. Although the respecified first-order four-factor model based on King et al.'s model showed the best fit to the data, the respecified first and second-order models based on the DSM- IV symptom clusters also presented an acceptable fit. In addition, the PCL-M showed adequate reliability. The Portuguese version of the PCL-M is thus a valid and reliable measure to assess the severity of PTSD symptoms as described in DSM- IV. Its use with Portuguese Colonial War Veterans may ease screening of possible PTSD cases, promote more suitable treatment planning, and enable monitoring of therapeutic outcomes.
KW - Assessment of PTSD symptoms
KW - Latent structure of PCL-M
KW - Portuguese Colonial War Veterans
KW - Portuguese validation
KW - Psychometric properties
KW - Trauma
KW - War exposure
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.055
DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.055
M3 - Article
C2 - 25618472
AN - SCOPUS:84926219799
SN - 1872-7123
VL - 226
SP - 53
EP - 60
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
IS - 1
ER -