Abstract

The current article endeavours to establish reliability and validity of the Malayalam version of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL), and attempt to inspect the determinants of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among rescue workers. Participants of the study included 105 rescue workers with the experience of serving in Kerala flood 2018. The translated version of the PTSD Checklist demonstrated high levels of internal consistency face validity, content validity, convergent, discriminant and construct validity. Education level of rescue workers and number of casualties’ witnessed were identified as independent determinants of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Overall results recommend Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL) (Malayalam version) as a milieu germane, valid and reliable tool which can be used among rescue workers in Kerala. The presence of PTSD was found allied with education level of rescue workers and number of casualties’ witnessed by them.

Keywords: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL), India, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Validation, Rescue workers, Determinants