The psychological Well-Being-Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): reliability and validity

Stephen Joseph; John Maltby; Alex M. Wood; Hannah Stockton; Nigel Hunt; Stephen Regel

doi:10.1037/a0024740

The psychological Well-Being-Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): reliability and validity

Stephen Joseph
, John Maltby
, Alex M. Wood
, Hannah Stockton
, Nigel Hunt
, Stephen Regel

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	420-428
Number of pages	8
Journal	Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024740
Publication status	Published - Jul 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Growth following adversity
posttraumatic growth
psychological well-being
psychometric assessment

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