Table 2.

Internal consistency analyses for the complete and abbreviated versions of the Brazilian PCL-5.

Subscale	Complete PCL-5	Abbreviated 8-item PCL-5	Abbreviated 4-item PCL-5
Total PCL-5	α = .96 (20 items)	α = .93 (8 items)	α = .85 (4 items)
Cluster B	α = .90 (5 items)	r = .75 (p < .001)	Not applicable
		α = .86 (2 items)
Cluster C	α = .90 (2 items)	r = .81 (p < .001)	Not applicable
		α = .90 (2 items)
Cluster D	α = .89 (7 items)	r = .58 (p < .001)	Not applicable
		α = .73 (2 items)
Cluster E	α = .87 (6 items)	r = .61 (p < .001)	Not applicable
		α = .76 (2 items)

α = Cronbach’s alpha

r = Pearson correlation coefficient