1997/01/01 by David Pelcovitz, Bessel van der Kolk, Susan Roth +3 · 1 citation
Psychology · #Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research #Resilience and Mental Health #Child Abuse and Trauma #Psychology #Internal consistency #Clinical psychology #Reliability (semiconductor) #Kappa #Stress (linguistics) #Consistency (knowledge bases) #Posttraumatic stress #Psychometrics #Computer science
paper · doi:10.1002/jts.2490100103
openalex publication_date 1997/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Abstract Data regarding the development of a structured interview measuring alterations that may accompany extreme stress are presented. A list of 27 criteria often seen in response to extreme trauma and not addressed by DSM‐IV criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were generated based on a systematic review of the literature and a survey of 50 experts. A structured interview for disorders of extreme stress (SIDES) measuring the presence of these criteria was administered to 520 subjects as part of the DSM‐IV PTSD field trials. Inter‐rater reliability as measured by Kappa coefficients for lifetime Disorders of Extreme Stress was .81. Internal consistency using coefficient alpha ranged from .53 to .96. Results indicate that the SIDES is a useful tool for investigation of response to extremes stress.