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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2023 Nov;35(11):1054–1067. doi: 10.1037/pas0001211

Table 3.

Pearson r Correlations Between the PTSS and Other Measures

Measures Pregnant/postpartum Adult Adolescent Child

Perceived stress
 PSS .46 .46 .49
 PROMIS psychological stress .58 .47
Depression
 PROMIS depression .47 .35 .48 .3
 CBCL DSM depression .23 Pre: .35; Sch: .28
Anxiety
 PROMIS anxiety .5 .44 .62 .54
 CBCL DSM anxiety .2 Pre: .35; Sch: .25
Life satisfaction -.35 -.33 -.35 -.37

Note. — = not applicable; PTSS = Pandemic-Related Traumatic Stress Scale; PSS = Perceived Stress Scale; PROMIS = Patient Reported Outcome Measurement System; CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist; DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Pre = preschool version; Sch = school-age version; pregnant/postpartum (n = 1,656) and adult (n = 11,483): ≥18 years; adolescent (n = 1,785): 13–21 years; child (n = 2,896): 3–12 years.