TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary validation of a brief measure of the frequency and severity of nightmares
T2 - The Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey
AU - Cranston, Christopher C.
AU - Miller, Katherine E.
AU - Davis, Joanne L.
AU - Rhudy, Jamie L.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Nightmares and sleep disturbances are gaining attention as targets of treatment interventions for trauma-exposed populations. Measures in trials evaluating these interventions tend to utilize proprietary measures of nightmare characteristics, which makes it challenging to compare findings across studies. The Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey is a questionnaire that was initially developed for utilization in efficacy studies of Exposure, Relaxation, and Rescripting Therapy. Preliminary examinations of the psychometric properties have demonstrated good test–retest reliability and convergent validity. The present brief report provides an updated examination of these properties and offers the first open publication of the measure for general use. Results support previous findings that the Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey demonstrates good test–retest reliability (r =.73) and moderate to strong convergent validity (rs =.44–.78) with other commonly utilized measures of sleep and mood symptoms.
AB - Nightmares and sleep disturbances are gaining attention as targets of treatment interventions for trauma-exposed populations. Measures in trials evaluating these interventions tend to utilize proprietary measures of nightmare characteristics, which makes it challenging to compare findings across studies. The Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey is a questionnaire that was initially developed for utilization in efficacy studies of Exposure, Relaxation, and Rescripting Therapy. Preliminary examinations of the psychometric properties have demonstrated good test–retest reliability and convergent validity. The present brief report provides an updated examination of these properties and offers the first open publication of the measure for general use. Results support previous findings that the Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey demonstrates good test–retest reliability (r =.73) and moderate to strong convergent validity (rs =.44–.78) with other commonly utilized measures of sleep and mood symptoms.
KW - Assessment
KW - PTSD
KW - nightmares
KW - sleep disturbances
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U2 - 10.1080/15299732.2016.1191578
DO - 10.1080/15299732.2016.1191578
M3 - Article
C2 - 27229449
AN - SCOPUS:84976346972
SN - 1529-9732
VL - 18
SP - 88
EP - 99
JO - Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
JF - Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
IS - 1
ER -