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The Child PTSD Symptom Scale: A Preliminary Examination of its Psychometric Properties.


Psychometrics of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5 for Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents by Yeh, Rebecca; Capaldi, Sandra; Zang, Yinyin; Foa, Edna B and Asnaani, Anu Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, ISSN 1537-4416, 01/2018, Volume 47, Issue 1, pp. 38 - 46

Group dynamics: Paulina and Rachael are working on psychometrics Carley and Ashley are working on development Shelby and Sanjana are working on us ein other populations Sjohnso (discusscontribs) 22:18, 5 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Reliability information • Norms o 75 children/adolescents o Mean age 11.8 o 89% Caucasian 11% ethnic o Parochial population o 25 months after the earthquake • Internal consistency o Cronbach’s alpha – good o .89 total score o .8 re-experiencing o .73 avoidance o .7 arousal • Interrater reliability o Not applicable • Test-retest reliability o Adequate/good o Kappa .55 o Retest sample 65 kids o 84% percentage agreement o 1 to 2 weeks after initial assessment • Repeatability