Psychometric properties and confirmatory factor analysis of the Children's Impact of Event Scale-Revised (CHIES-R) for child survivors of road traffic accidents in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 136-143

  Wu, Kitty K ^a   Chan, Sumee K ^b   Hung, Ocean H ^c   Cho, Valda W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Red Cross Blood T S   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Anxiety; Depression; Stress disorders, post traumatic; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SURVIVOR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDITY; VARIANCE;

EID: 58149102689     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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