TY - JOUR
T1 - The psychological Well-Being-Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ)
T2 - reliability and validity
AU - Joseph, Stephen
AU - Maltby, John
AU - Wood, Alex M.
AU - Stockton, Hannah
AU - Hunt, Nigel
AU - Regel, Stephen
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - The Psychological Well-Being Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ) is an 18 item self-report measure to assess perceived changes in psychological well-being following traumatic events. The aim was to test its psychometric properties. Across three samples, evidence is provided for a single factor structure (invariant across clinical and general populations), high internal consistency (α >.87), six month stability, incremental validity over and above existing measures of posttraumatic growth as a predictor of subjective well-being, convergent validity with existing measures of posttraumatic growth (r =.50-.56. p <.001), concurrent validity with personality and coping measures, predictive validity of change in well-being over time, discriminant validity with social desirability, and prediction of clinical caseness.
AB - The Psychological Well-Being Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ) is an 18 item self-report measure to assess perceived changes in psychological well-being following traumatic events. The aim was to test its psychometric properties. Across three samples, evidence is provided for a single factor structure (invariant across clinical and general populations), high internal consistency (α >.87), six month stability, incremental validity over and above existing measures of posttraumatic growth as a predictor of subjective well-being, convergent validity with existing measures of posttraumatic growth (r =.50-.56. p <.001), concurrent validity with personality and coping measures, predictive validity of change in well-being over time, discriminant validity with social desirability, and prediction of clinical caseness.
KW - Growth following adversity
KW - posttraumatic growth
KW - psychological well-being
KW - psychometric assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84872877171&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/a0024740
DO - 10.1037/a0024740
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872877171
SN - 1942-9681
VL - 4
SP - 420
EP - 428
JO - Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
JF - Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
IS - 4
ER -