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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2008 Jun 28;46(9):1062–1069. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.06.009

Table 3.

ROC Statistics (Sensitivity and 1 Minus Specificity) for DSM-IV Criteria Endorsements for All Events, Experienced Events, and Confronted Events.

Sensitivity 1 minus specificity
Number of Endorsements of DSM-IV Criteria Sample Sample
1 2 3 1 2 3
All Events
  Any 1 Criterion .97 .98 1.00 .93 .94 .85
  Any 2 Criteria .91 .96 .96 .82 .88 .80
  Any 3 Criteria .73 .75 .78 .58 .70 .55
  All 4 Criteria .46 .44 .49 .25 .37 .25
Experienced Events
  Any 1 Criterion 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Any 2 Criteria 1.00 0.98 1.00 1.00 .93 1.00
  Any 3 Criteria .96 .95 .97 .85 .75 .80
  All 4 Criteria .55 .64 .62 .42 .29 .30
Confronted Events
  Any 1 Criterion 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Any 2 Criteria 1.00 .96 1.00 .97 .91 1.00
  Any 3 Criteria 1.00 .96 1.00 .85 .66 1.00
  All 4 Criteria .61 .54 .57 .49 .32 .67

Note. Sensitivity and specificity range from 0–1. Sensitivity of 1 implies a 100% true positive rate, but also a 100% false positive rate (Specificity of 0). Conversely, specificity of 1 implies a 0% false positive rate, but also a 0% true positive rate (Sensitivity of 0).