Validation of a french version of the impact of event scale-revised

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-61

  Brunet, Alain ^a   St Hilaire, Annie ^a   Jehel, Louis ^b   King, Suzanne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

1998 ice storm; French validation; Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES R); Natural disaster; Pregnancy; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISASTER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE REVISED; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037295893     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800111     Document Type: Article

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