The concurrent and incremental validity of the trauma symptom inventory in women reporting histories of sexual maltreatment

Paul A. Arbisi; Christopher R. Erbes; Melissa A. Polusny; Nathaniel W. Nelson

doi:10.1177/1073191110376163

The concurrent and incremental validity of the trauma symptom inventory in women reporting histories of sexual maltreatment

Paul A. Arbisi, Christopher R. Erbes, Melissa A. Polusny, Nathaniel W. Nelson

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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The Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), and Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) were administered to 71 women who reported histories of childhood and/or adult sexual maltreatment and 25 women who did not report a history of victimization. The TSI validity scales were not effective in identifying MMPI-2 defined invalid responding although were moderately related to MMPI-2 validity scales designed to identify similar response styles. In contrast, the TSI clinical scales displayed good convergent validity with conceptually related scales on the MMPI-2 and PDS. Also, the TSI added incrementally, albeit modestly, to the MMPI-2 in prediction of PDS defined PTSD.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	406-418
Number of pages	13
Journal	Assessment
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191110376163
State	Published - Aug 10 2010

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Assessment
MMPI-2
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Trauma
Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI)

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