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The PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version: reliability, validity, and factor structure in a nonclinical sample.

Daniel Conybeare¹, Evelyn Behar, Ari Solomon

¹Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60607, USA. conybeare@gmail.com

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The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) is a reliable and valid tool for assessing PTSD symptoms in college students, even those without a diagnosed trauma history.

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Trauma studies

Background:

The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) is widely used to screen for PTSD.
Its psychometric properties require validation in diverse populations, including nonclinical student samples.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the PCL-C.
To assess the PCL-C's utility in unselected undergraduate students.

Main Methods:

The PCL-C was administered to 471 undergraduate students at a large university.
Participants were not preselected for trauma exposure or symptom severity.

Main Results:

The PCL-C demonstrated strong internal consistency and retest reliability.
It showed favorable convergent and discriminant validity compared to other PTSD measures.
Both 1-factor and 2-factor models of PTSD symptoms were supported in this sample.

Conclusions:

The PCL-C is a valid and reliable measure for PTSD symptoms in nonclinical student populations.
It may be superior to alternative PTSD assessment tools.
The factor structure in nonclinical samples might not align with traditional PTSD symptom clusters.