ABSTRACT
As the literature on the dynamics and vicissitudes of traumatic stress reactions has grown in recent years, the need for psychological measures of stress response syndromes and associated forms of adaptation has also assumed an important place in research, treatment, and diagnosis. Until recently, there were very few generic or specific measures of PTSD available for researchers and clinicians to use in their professional work. However, when one looks retrospectively at the cumulative body of knowledge on traumatic stress reactions, such traditional psychological measures as the MMPI have produced results suggestive of profile patterns for PTSD (e.g., Archibald & Tuddenham, 1965).
