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Measurement invariance of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 across eight countries and samples with diverse trauma experiences
Автор(ы)
Maria Cyniak‐Cieciura
Agnieszka Popiel
Bogdan Zawadzki
Julie K. Cremeans‐Smith
David B. Fruehstorfer
Patryk Bielak
Victoria Camino
Eun Jung Cha
Yunkyung Cho
Marina Soledad Galarregui
Rocío Goldfarb
Myoung‐Ho Hyun
Zhanna Kalinina
Eduardo Gustavo Keegan
Aliya Saktaganovna Mambetalina
Louise McHugh
Mariana Miracco
Atsushi Oshio
Chowon Park
Andrés Partarrieu
Lorena De Rosa
Raikhan Shaikhishevna Sabirova
Adil Samekin
Emiliano Sánchez
María Sarno
Cecilia Tarruella
Gulmira M. Tulekova
Дата публикации
29 декабря 2024 г.
Тип
journal article
Издатель
Wiley
Том
38
Выпуск
2
Первая страница
247
Последняя страница
258
ISSN
0894-9867
Аннотация
Abstract The PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 (PCL‐5) is a well‐known tool for measuring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Although the tool has been translated into many different languages, only one study, conducted in European countries, has examined measurement invariance (MI) across these versions. The present study aimed to verify PCL‐5 MI in eight countries: Argentina, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Poland, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. All samples included at least 200 participants. Regarding trauma type, the highest number of individuals reported experiencing a traffic accident (n = 3,128) and/or physical assault (n = 2,609), and the fewest reported captivity (n = 575) and/or contributing to someone else's harm, injury, or death (n = 559). A symptom structure model based on DSM‐5 criteria showed a satisfactory fit to the data, χ2(164, N = 4,064) = 2,571.18, p < .001, robust CFI = .931, robust RMSEA = .078, 90% CI [.075, .081], robust TLI = .920, SRMR = .037. Data fit and invariance were obtained with regard to identical structure and factor loadings (configural and metric invariance) as well as for the partial scalar invariance (equal intercepts). In all samples, PTSD symptoms were strongly or moderately positively correlated with levels of depressive, anxiety, and stress‐related symptoms and moderately or weakly positively correlated with COVID‐19–related stressors, emotional stability/neuroticism, and emotional reactivity. The results indicate that the PCL‐5 is a generally effective measure of universal indicators of PTSD across different countries.
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