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A Conversion Crosswalk for the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index: Translating DSM-IV to DSM-5
- Source :
- Journal of traumatic stressReferences. 34(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The use of patient-reported measures in assessing mental health symptoms is common in both the research and clinical fields. With regard to assessing posttraumatic stress symptoms, there are specific versions of measures designed for child and adolescent populations in accordance with the fourth and fifth editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV and DSM-5, respectively). Different clinical thresholds, numbers of items, and score ranges may present obstacles for clinicians and researchers attempting to compare self-report ratings across different versions of a measure. The current study aimed to produce a score conversion crosswalk between two child/adolescent self-report measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-IV (RI-IV) and DSM-5 (RI-5). Using item response theory (IRT), we calibrated both measures separately to derive scaled scores. The discrimination parameters ranged from 0.57 to 2.08 (SE = 0.09-0.17) for RI-IV and from 0.73 to 2.11 for RI-5 (SE = 0.07-0.13). The scaled scores were connected with equipercentile linking. Total scores based on common items between the two measures were used as anchors to enhance the linking results. A total of 1,486 children and adolescents completed the measure: 571 respondents filled out the RI-IV and 915 respondents filled out the RI-5. The results allow linked scores to be compared to establish recommended clinical cutoffs and help elucidate the implications of changes in the diagnostic criteria for the measurement of self-reported PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents.
- Subjects :
- 050103 clinical psychology
Index (economics)
Adolescent
05 social sciences
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
DSM-5
Child and adolescent
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
03 medical and health sciences
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Posttraumatic stress
0302 clinical medicine
Test score
Item response theory
Schema crosswalk
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
Child
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15736598
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of traumatic stressReferences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5fe3594a99e66c661154a3d128447a38