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The Herald of Free Enterprise disaster: Measuring post‐traumatic symptoms 30 months on
Author(s) -
Joseph Steve,
Yule William,
Williams Ruth,
Hodgkinson Peter
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1993.tb01063.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intrusion , scale (ratio) , distress , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychological distress , psychiatry , mental health , physics , geochemistry , quantum mechanics , geology
The aim of the present study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Impact of Events Scale. Evidence is presented that the scale is composed of two major factors tapping intrusion and avoidance which are associated with greater psychological distress.