The Bosnian version of the international self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder, the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale, is reliable and valid in a variety of different adult samples affected by war

Table 2 Convergent and divergent validity of the PTDS and its DSM-III-R precursor PSS-SR

Authors	PSS/PTDS Scales	IES Total score	IES Intrusion	IES Avoidance	BDI
Foa et al. (1993) [8]	PSS Total score		.81	.53	.80
	Reexperiencing		.81	.47	.66
	Avoidance		.71	.52	.73
	Hyperarousal		.70	.45	.75
Stieglitz et al. (2001) [9]	PSS Total score		.67 & .65	.61 & .57	.61 only at first measurement (a few days after the accident)
	Reexperiencing		.63 & .59	.53 & .47	.45
	Avoidance		.56 & .55	.50 & .51	.50
	Hyperarousal		.52 & .49	.47 & .45	.60
Foa et al. (1997) [3]	Total score	.78	.80	.66	.79
	Reexperiencing	.68	.77	.51	.67
	Avoidance	.75	.72	.69	.77
	Hyperarousal	.70	.74	.58	.73

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