Factor structure of the Youth Coping In Traumatic Times (YCITT) scale

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-362

  Paasivirta, Maria E ^a,b   Duarte, Cristiane S ^a   Wu, Ping ^a   Bin, Fan ^c   Goodman, Robin F ^d   Brown, Elissa J ^e   Andrews, Howard F ^a   Hoven, Christina W ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d National Child Traumatic Stress Network   (United States)

^e ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Coping behaviour; Coping skills; Disasters; Measurement; September 11 terrorist attacks; World Trade Center attack

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; ETHNICITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOW I COPED UNDER PRESSURE SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TERRORISM; YOUTH COPING IN TRAUMATIC TIMES SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISASTERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957240146     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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