In large-scale surveys or program evaluations, investigators most often wish to assess multiple domains of finctioning, while at the same time minimizing the overall length of the data collection protocols. In addition, studies of treatment interventions require instruments which offer the greatest
A short form of the Mississippi scale for measuring change in Combat-Related PTSD
โ Scribed by Alan Fontana; Robert Rosenheck
- Book ID
- 105463209
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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The Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD is widely used in the assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The high face-validity of the scale may make it vulnerable to faking, however. The present study found that the scores of individuals instructed to respond "as if' they had PTSD d
However, a number of authors have identified the need to ascertain the sensitivity of the M-PTSD in the assessment of varying degrees of PTS as well as in the identification of war-zone stress in noncombatants (
The long-term psychological effects of war-related stress were assessed 3 years after the Persian Gulf War with the Mississippi Scale for Desert Storm War Zone Personnel (M-PTSD-DS), developed from the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD (M-PTSD; Keane, Caddell, & Taylor, 1988). The M-PTSD-DS