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Pinciotti, C., Aksan, N., Castillo, A. A., Dodd, C. G., Drummond, K. N., Trent, E. S., … Nemeroff, C. (2026). Psychometric Evaluation of the English Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5-Child and Adolescent Version (CAPS-CA-5). Journal of Clinical Child &Amp; Adolescent Psychology.
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Pinciotti, C., N. Aksan, Ace A. Castillo, Cody G. Dodd, Kendall N Drummond, E. S. Trent, Kevin M. Wagner, et al. “Psychometric Evaluation of the English Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5-Child and Adolescent Version (CAPS-CA-5).” Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (2026).
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Pinciotti, C., et al. “Psychometric Evaluation of the English Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5-Child and Adolescent Version (CAPS-CA-5).” Journal of Clinical Child &Amp; Adolescent Psychology, 2026.
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@article{c2026a,
title = {Psychometric Evaluation of the English Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5-Child and Adolescent Version (CAPS-CA-5).},
year = {2026},
journal = {Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology},
author = {Pinciotti, C. and Aksan, N. and Castillo, Ace A. and Dodd, Cody G. and Drummond, Kendall N and Trent, E. S. and Wagner, Kevin M. and Riddle, David B. and Storch, Eric A. and Goodman, Wayne K. and Abu-Samaha, Amir and Proch, Leslie and Taylor, Leslie and Liberzon, Israel and Garrett, A. and Teng, Fei and Shahidullah, Jeffrey D. and Rousseau, Justin F. and Newport, D. and Wagner, K. D. and Nemeroff, Charlie}
}
OBJECTIVE Despite its widespread use for diagnosing and assessing the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among youth, psychometric evaluation of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents - DSM-5 (CAPS-CA-5) is limited to Portuguese- and Japanese-translated versions. Accordingly, the present study examined the reliability, validity, and diagnostic utility of the CAPS-CA-5 in an English-speaking, U.S. sample of trauma-exposed youth enrolled in the Texas Childhood Trauma Research Network (TX-CTRN).
METHOD A total of 3,134 trauma-exposed youth and young adults aged 8-20 completed an assessment battery in English comprising semi-structured diagnostic interviews and measures of acute stress symptoms, externalizing symptoms, depressive symptoms, resilience, and suicidality. The CAPS-CA-5 was administered at baseline and one-month follow-up.
RESULTS Consistent with the original CAPS-CA, internal consistency was adequate-to-strong for the total score and all subscales except Avoidance, and test-retest reliability was strong. The CAPS-CA-5 evidenced convergent validity with a positive PTSD screen on the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents and with acute stress symptoms. Externalizing symptoms, depressive symptoms, resilience, and suicidality all evidenced discriminant validity with the CAPS-CA-5. Cutoff scores were evaluated using Receiver Operating Curves and diagnostic utility was supported through the ability of the CAPS-CA-5 to differentiate categories of functional impairment, which varied by age and sex.
CONCLUSIONS This study, the first to provide psychometric support for the English version of the CAPS-CA-5 in a U.S. sample, contributes to a growing body of literature supporting the CAPS-CA-5 as a psychometrically valid PTSD interview across a range of nationalities and languages.