Psychometric properties of the norwegian impact of event scale-revised in a non-clinical sample

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 426-432

  Eid, Jarle ^a,b   Larsson, Gerry ^a,b   Johnsen, Bjørn Helge ^a   Laberg, Jon Christian ^a   Bartone, Paul T ^a,c   Carlstedt, Berit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b National Defense College   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; IES R; Media; Psychometric; PTSD; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TSUNAMI;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350784116     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480903118190     Document Type: Article

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