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December 4, 2025Journal of Traumatic Stress

The short‐term stability and reliability of daily estimates of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

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SWSiyuan WangBMBrett A MessmanTGTalya Greene

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Implication

Observational analysis found daily PTSD assessments over 7-11 days yield stable metrics, suggesting effective measurement in intensive longitudinal studies.

Key Points

  • Daily PTSD assessments showed reliable outcomes, with estimates being stable over a shorter duration.
  • Single-day reliability for PTSD measures was found to be good, ranging from .72 to .82 across different assessment phases.
  • This observational analysis utilized tools like the PC-PTSD-5 and included 70 adults over 21 days.
  • Findings indicate that intensive longitudinal studies can effectively capture PTSD symptoms with fewer assessment days than previously thought.

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Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6930e8dbea1aef094cca3d38https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.70028
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