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

Assessment. 2010 Sep;17(3):406-18. doi: 10.1177/1073191110376163. Epub 2010 Jul 9.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MMPI*
  • Medical History Taking
  • Middle Aged
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality Tests
  • Psychometrics
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Offenses / psychology*
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / diagnosis*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / etiology
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology
  • Stress, Psychological / complications*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Violence / psychology*
  • Women's Health