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Psychometric Validation of the English and French Versions of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)1.11 MB
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Journal article
Psychometric Validation of the English and French Versions of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)
PLoS One, Vol.11(10), pp.1-16
2016
PMID: 27723815
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of a French version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and to further validate the existing English version of the measure. Undergraduate students (n = 838 English, n = 262 French) completed the PCL-5 as well as other self-report symptom measures of PTSD and depression online. Both the English and French versions PCL-5 total scores demonstrated excellent internal consistency (English: α = .95; French: α = .94), and strong convergent and divergent validity. Strong internal consistency was also observed for each of the four sub-scales for each version (α's > .79). Test-retest reliability for the French version of the measure was also very good (r = .89). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the four-factor DSM-5 model was not a good fit of the data. The seven-factor hybrid model best fit the data in each sample, but was only marginally superior to the six-factor anhedonia model. The French version of the PCL-5 demonstrated the same psychometric qualities as both the English version of the same measure and previous versions of the PCL. Thus clinicians serving French-speaking clients now have access to this highly used screening instrument. With regards to the structural validity of the PCL-5 and of the new PTSD diagnostic structure of the DSM-5, additional research is warranted. Replication of our results in clinical samples is much needed.
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- Title
- Psychometric Validation of the English and French Versions of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)
- Authors
- Andrea Ashbaugh - University of OttawaStephanie Houle-Johnson - University of OttawaChristophe Herbert - McGill UniversityWissam El-Hage - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de ToursAlain Brunet (Corresponding Author) - McGill University
- Publication details
- PLoS One, Vol.11(10), pp.1-16
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0161645
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- PMID
- 27723815
- Copyright note
- © 2016 Ashbaugh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Data Availability
- Data is available from the University of Ottawa digital archive, uO Research: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34954.
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991105842502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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