Affiliations: Selbständige Abteilung für Medizinische
Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universität Leipzig | Institut für Psychologie II, Universität
Leipzig | Abteilung für Psychiatrie und
Psychotherapie, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg | Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und
Psychotherapie, Rheinische Kliniken Essen/Klinik der Universität Duisburg-Essen
Note: [] Korrespondenzadresse: Robin Hauffa, Abteilung für
Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg,
Lesserstraße 180, 22049 Hamburg. Tel.: 0341 6810326; E-mail:
robinhauffa@hotmail.com
Abstract: Objective: The Essen Trauma-Inventory (ETI) is a novel instrument
for diagnosing posttraumatic and acute stress disorder. It consists of 58 items
including 23 symptom based items arranged in four subscales: intrusion,
avoidance, hyperarousal and peritraumatic dissociation. It is presently
validated in several different samples in different languages. Within this
study the ETI will be validated in a German military sample. Methods: A total of 292 German soldiers were questioned. Age ranged from 18 – 47 years (M =
23.68; SD = 5.68), 6.2% were female. The Impact of Event Scale – Revised
and the Posttraumatische Stress Skala-10 were used to evaluate convergent
validity, the Symptom Check List 27 (SCL-27) for discriminant validity. Results: In this sample, objectivity, reliability and validity of the ETI are
good to very good. The factorial structure could not be confirmed by factor
analysis. Conclusion: The ETI is an economic test instrument. It is suitable
for screening as well as professional diagnostics. It is the only specific
German trauma-questionnaire having been validated with good results for its
applicability in a sample of military personnel.
