Confirmatory factor analysis of posttraumatic stress symptoms assessed by the Impact of Event Scale-Revised in Chinese earthquake victims: Examining factor structure and its stability across sex

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-375

  Wang, Li ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Shi, Zhanbiao ^a   Zhou, Mingjie ^a   Huang, Duan ^a   Liu, Ping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF DEYANG CITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Confirmatory factor analysis; Impact Event Scale Revised; Invariance; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79952314696     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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