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Confirmatory factor analysis of posttraumatic stress symptoms in cambodian refugees
Author(s) -
Palmieri Patrick A.,
Marshall Grant N.,
Schell Terry L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20196
Subject(s) - refugee , confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , construct validity , clinical psychology , posttraumatic stress , psychometrics , test validity , construct (python library) , depression (economics) , psychiatry , measurement invariance , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics , macroeconomics , archaeology , computer science , economics , history , programming language
This study used confirmatory factor analysis to examine the factor structure of the Cambodian version of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire in 488 Cambodian refugees residing in the United States. Five alternative conceptual models were compared. A model with four correlated factors reflecting symptoms of reexperiencing, avoidance, emotional numbing, and hyperarousal provided the best fit to these data. The avoidance and emotional numbing clusters demonstrated distinct associations with depression symptoms, providing some evidence of the construct validity of the four‐factor solution.