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🔗 Assessing reliability and validity of the Arabic language version of the Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) symptom items.

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The PDS is a 49-item self-report measure recommended for use in clinical or research settings to measure severity of PTSD symptoms related to a single identified traumatic event. The PDS is unique in that it assesses all of the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD (i.e., Criteria A – F) and inquires about the past month (time frame can be adjusted for different uses). Thus, in addition to measuring the severity of PTSD symptoms (Criteria B, C, & D), it also inquires about the experience of a Criterion A traumatic events, about duration of symptoms (Criterion E), and the effects of symptoms on daily functioning (Criterion F).

🔗 PTSD Checklist (PCL) - (National Center for PTSD)

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The PCL is a 17-item self-report measure of the 17 DSM-IV symptoms of PTSD. Respondents rate how much they were “bothered by that problem in the past month”. Items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (“not at all”) to 5 (“extremely”). There are several versions of the PCL. The original PCL is the PCL-M (military). The PCL-M asks about problems in response to "stressful military experiences." The PCL-S (specific) asks about problems in relation to an identified "stressful experience." The PCL-C (civilian) is for civilians and is not focused on any one traumatic events. Instead it asks more generally about problems in relation to stressful experiences.