No Trauma, no Problem: Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress in the Absence of a Criterion A Stressor

Previous research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has investigated the sentinel role of Criterion A to the diagnosis. Some researchers have found that PTSD symptom measures are elevated in the absence of a Criterion A stressor. Therefore, the current study sought to extend this research to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fifth edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association 2013) using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5;...