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Posttraumatic

Late-Onset Stress
MaSymptomatology
ladaptive Beliefs
Scale (PMBS
(LOSS) Scale )

Version date:
Version 30 May 2023
date: 2007

Reference: King,
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Participant ID#____________________________

PMBS
Instructions: Below is a list of beliefs people sometimes have in response to stressful life
experiences. Please read each statement carefully, and then circle one of the numbers to the
right to indicate how much you believe the statement to be true.

Not Completely
True True

1. I don’t feel safe anywhere


1 2 3 4 5 6 7
anymore
2. Other people can be genuinely
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
loving toward me
3. I am a good person 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4. The world is very dangerous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5. I don’t trust anyone anymore 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6. It is possible for me to have
close and loving feelings with 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
other people
7. I trust my own judgment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8. I avoid other people because
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
they might hurt me
9. I have lost respect for myself 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10. I don’t feel confident that I can
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
make good decisions for myself
11. Some people can be trusted 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
12. Because I don’t feel able to
protect myself, I have lost my 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
sense of freedom
13. I feel as though I can depend on
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
other people
14. Most people are basically caring 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
15. I comfort myself very well when
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I’m upset

PMBS (30 May 2023) National Center for PTSD Page 1 of 2


Participant ID#____________________________

SCORING
Item numbers 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 15 are reverse-coded
Items: 1, 4, 5, 8, 12 = Threat of Harm Subscale
Items: 3, 7, 9, 10, 15 = Self-Worth and Judgment Subscale
Items: 2, 6, 11, 13, 14 = Reliability and Trustworthiness of Others Subscale

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