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ArticleClinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association2023

The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5: A Systematic Review of Existing Psychometric Evidence.

Shannon R Forkus, Alexa M Raudales, Hanan S Rafiuddin, Nicole H Weiss, Brett A Messman, Ateka A Contractor

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Article in Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 149 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

149 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shannon R ForkusDepartment of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, RI, USA.
Alexa M RaudalesDepartment of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, RI, USA.
Hanan S RafiuddinDepartment of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
Nicole H WeissDepartment of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, RI, USA.
Brett A MessmanDepartment of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
Ateka A ContractorDepartment of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.

Funding

Project 4: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): Fetus to First YearsP20GM125507 · NIGMS · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI CURT G BECKWITH · 2018 to 2026
$23.4M
PTSD, Negative and Positive Emotion Dysfunction and Substance USE in IPV VictimsK23DA039327 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WEISS, NICOLE HOLLAND · 2016 to 2020
$756k
Predicting Substance Use among Military Veterans with a Positive MST Screen: A Machine Learning ApproachF31DA051167 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI FORKUS, SHANNON · 2021 to 2022
$51k
NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA051167NIDA NIH HHS K23 DA039327NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM125507
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) is a widely used self-rated measure of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms. The goal of this systematic review was to synthesize research on the psychometric properties of the PCL-5 to guide clinical and research applications. We focused on reliability, validity, factor structure, optimal cutoff scores, and sensitivity to clinical change indices. A systematic review of the literature following PRISMA guidelines was conducted using PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and PTSDpubs with search terms capturing selected psychometric indices of the PCL-5. The inclusion criteria were: peer-reviewed publication in English; primary focus on the PCL-5 psychometrics; empirical study; and study with adult samples. The search yielded 265 studies; 56 papers (amounting to 64 studies) met inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Findings generally indicated evidence for: acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability; construct validity; a 7-factor Hybrid Model; recommended cutoff scores between 31-33; and ability to index sensitivity to clinical change. To further advance knowledge and applications of the PCL-5, we need more research on abbreviated versions of the PCL-5, bifactor modeling as applied to the PCL-5, as well as on PCL-5 item difficulty estimates, discrimination parameters, and clinical change score estimates.

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Posttraumatic stress disorderpsychometric indicesPTSD Checklist for DSM-5systematic review

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PMID37378352
PMCPMC10292741

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