The 39-item child exposure to community violence (CECV) scale: Exploratory factor analysis and relationship to PTSD symptomatology in trauma-exposed children and adolescents

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 599-608

  Martin, Lindi ^a   Revington, Nicola ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child Exposure to Community Violence Checklist (CECV); Exploratory factor analysis; Post traumatic stress disorder symptomatology; South Africa; Trauma exposed children and adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84890431051     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-012-9269-7     Document Type: Article

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