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KMID : 1143820120080020106
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Anxiety and Mood
2012 Volume.8 No. 2 p.106 ~ p.112
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Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Combat Exposure Scale
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김동수:Kim Dong-Su
정혜경:Chung Hae-Gyung/최진희:Choi Jin-Hee/소형석:So Hyung-Seok/김해정:Kim Hae-Jung/고창민:Go Chang-Min/김태용:Kim Tae-Yong/정문용:Chung Moon-Yong
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Abstract
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Objective : In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it is essential to evaluate the severity of trauma with a reliable instrument. The combat exposure scale (CES) is one of the most widely used measures for the combat-related trauma. The present study was conducted to test the reliability and validity of the Korean version of CES (CES-K).
Methods : One hundred and forty-five male Korean veterans of the Vietnam War participated in this study. CES-K, the structured clinical interview for DSM-III-R (SCID), clinician administered PTSD scale (CAPS), and the Korean version life events checklist (LEC-K) were administered.
Results : Cronbach's coefficient of CES-K was .85, and the test-retest reliability was .94. The mean [standard deviation (SD)] scores of CES-K were 20.4 (9.0) in the PTSD group and 12.0 (8.6) in the non-PTSD group (p<.001). CES-K showed a significant correlation with LEC-K (r=.31, p<.001) and CAPS (r=.52, p<.001). Only one factor was revealed by the factor analysis.
Conclusion : CES-K showed good reliability and validity for assessing the severity of combat exposure. Further, it demonstrated comparable psychometric properties to the previous study. It is expected that CES-K will be a useful tool for evaluating the severity of combat exposure in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Posttraumatic stress disorder, Trauma, Reliability, Validity, Psychometric
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