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May 3, 2024European journal of psychotraumatologyOpen Access

Psychometric evaluation of the PCL-5: assessing validity, diagnostic utility, and bifactor structures

Teodora Georgescu Cătălin Nedelcea Adrian Gorbănescu Claudiu Papasteri Ana Cosmoiu Diana Lucia Vasile Ramona D. Letzner

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Abstract

Background: The changes DSM-5 brought to the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulted in revising the most widely used instrument in assessing PTSD, namely the Posttraumatic Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5).

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6b944b6db64358763aa6e https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2333222

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