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Construct Validation of the Dutch Version of the Impact of Event Scale
- Source :
- Psychological Assessment. 16:16-26
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- American Psychological Association (APA), 2004.
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Abstract
- The Impact of Event Scale (IES; M. J. Horowitz, N. Wilner, & W. Alvarez, 1979) is a worldwide-used self-report measure to assess the frequency of intrusive and avoidant phenomena after a variety of traumatic experiences. The purpose of this article is to assess the psychometric value of the Dutch version of the IES (D. Brom & R. J. Kleber, 1985) in several samples of individuals who had experienced various traumatic stressors. The reliability and structure of the IES were evaluated in 3 different samples (total N 1,588). The reliability of the Dutch version of the IES was adequate across the various stressors. The construct validity was assessed by using confirmatory factor analyses. Outcomes revealed a robust structure over the various samples, generally supporting the composition of the original IES.
- Subjects :
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
Combat Disorders
Personality Inventory
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Construct validity
Test validity
Developmental psychology
Disasters
Life Change Events
Occupational Diseases
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Convergent validity
Rating scale
Humans
Psychological testing
Psychology
Event scale
Reliability (statistics)
Language
Netherlands
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1939134X and 10403590
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychological Assessment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a48e49f55a075c6777ca95c992a8a7f2