Citation

Liu S, Wang L, Cao C, Zhang J. Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2014; 28(5): 301-304.

Affiliation

Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Electronic address: zhangjx@psych.ac.cn.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apnu.2014.05.008

PMID

25439970

Abstract

The current study investigated the factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of 256 patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in China. The confirmatory factor analysis results showed that a five-factor model composed of intrusion, avoidance, emotional numbing, dysphoric arousal, and anxious arousal fits the data significantly better than the tripartite DSM-IV model and the two well-supported four-factor models, and the C3 symptom (inability to recall important aspect of the trauma) loaded weakly on its corresponding factor. Implications and limitations for the results are discussed.

Language: en