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Validation of a French version of the impact of event scale-revised.
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Canadian Journal of Psychiatry . Feb2003, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p56-61. 6p. 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>This report presents a French translation and validation of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in a population of women exposed to a natural disaster during or preceding pregnancy.<bold>Method: </bold>A total of 223 francophone women who were either pregnant at the time of the 1998 ice storm or who became pregnant shortly thereafter completed the IES-R and other questionnaires 6 months after the disaster.<bold>Results: </bold>The French IES-R has good internal consistency, with alpha coefficients ranging from 0.81 to 0.93 for its 3 subscales and total score. The test-retest reliability of the scale, although examined with another sample, proved to be satisfactory, with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.71 to 0.76 for its 3 subscales and total score. Its convergent validity with perceived life threat and general psychiatric symptoms was judged to be marginally acceptable. Finally, a principal components analysis was conducted and a 3-factor solution, which explained 56% of the variance, was retained: a hyperarousal factor (7 items), an avoidance factor (6 items), and an intrusion factor (6 items).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The French version of the IES-R has satisfactory internal validity and test-retest reliability. Further, the factor structure of the translation was similar to the proposed theoretical structure of the IES-R. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07067437
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9063709
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674370304800111