Open AccessTowards a culturally appropriate trauma assessment in a South African Zulu community.
Author(s) -
Thebe Madigoe,
Jonathan Burns,
Muyu Zhang,
Ugasvaree Subramaney
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000231
Subject(s) - zulu , cronbach's alpha , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , traumatic stress , medicine , construct validity , discriminant validity , psychology , psychiatry , psychometrics , internal consistency , philosophy , linguistics
To develop a culture specific screening tool for trauma, and to determine whether it would significantly increase the probability of eliciting traumatic events and associated symptoms when added to a Western diagnostic tool for trauma.