Crossing cultural barriers: an initial cross-cultural validation of the Arabic compared to the German version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.

Charina C Lüder, Monika Equit, Nicolas Becker, Antje Schönfelder, Heide Glaesmer, Yuriy Nesterko, Tanja Michael

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Charina C LüderDivision of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-0422-046X

Monika EquitDivision of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7213-5962

Nicolas BeckerDivision of Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.

Antje SchönfelderDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2009-0512

Heide GlaesmerDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3752-7653

Yuriy NesterkoDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8296-0958

Tanja MichaelDivision of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2409-3817

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ChecklistCross-Cultural ComparisonPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdultDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleGermanyHumansLanguageMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of Resultscross-cultural validationinvarianza de medidaLista de Verificación para el Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático según el DSM-5 (PCL-5)measurement invariancePosttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5validación transcultural

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PMID41065059

DOI10.1080/20008066.2025.2565898

PMCPMC12512762

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