Partners' ratings of combat veterans' PTSD symptomatology

The current study examined the concordance of combat veterans' scores on th e Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD, with scores on a parallel vers ion of that instrument completed by partners to assess veterans' symptoms. Further the study examined the impact of quality of the marital relationshi p on score concordance, Bivariate and multiple regression were used with a sample of 466 veteran-partner dyads obtained from the National Vietnam Vete rans Readjustment Study. There was moderate agreement in symptom reporting between veterans and their partners and little evidence to suggest that the quality of the relationship impacted upon the association between partner and veteran scores.