PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) is a 20-item self-report measure of the twenty DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD in adult populations (ages 18+). It is designed for use with people who have experienced traumatic events. 

Developer

Weathers, F.W., Litz, B.T., Keane, T.M., Palmieri, P.A., Marx, B.P., & Schnurr, P.P. (2013).The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5). Scale available from the National Center for PTSD at www.ptsd.va.gov.

References

Bovin MJ, Marx BP, Weathers FW, Gallagher MW, Rodriguez P, Schnurr PP, Keane TM. Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (PCL-5) in veterans. Psychol Assess. 2016 Nov;28(11):1379-1391. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000254

Forkus, S. R., Raudales, A. M., Rafiuddin, H. S., Weiss, N. H., Messman, B. A., & Contractor, A. A. (2023). The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5: A Systematic Review of Existing Psychometric Evidence. Clinical Psychology: A Publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 30(1), 110–121. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000111

Fung, H. W., Chan, C., Lee, C. Y., & Ross, C. A. (2019). Using the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5 to Screen for PTSD in the Chinese Context: A Pilot Study in a Psychiatric Sample. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 16(6), 643–651. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2019.1676858

Krüger-Gottschalk, A., Knaevelsrud, C., Rau, H., Dyer, A., Schäfer, I., Schellong, J., & Ehring, T. (2017). The German version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): psychometric properties and diagnostic utility. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), 379. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1541-6

Renyer, D. (2016). Non-clinical normative data for ptsd checklist-5 (pcl-5) [PhD Thesis, Pacific University]. https://commons.pacificu.edu/spp/1204

Rosendahl, J., Kisyova, H., Gawlytta, R., & Scherag, A. (2019). Comparative validation of three screening instruments for posttraumatic stress disorder after intensive care. Journal of Critical Care, 53, 149–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.06.016