Citation

Yule W, Bruggencate ST, Joseph S. Pers. Individ. Dif. 1994; 16(5): 685-691.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0191-8869(94)90210-0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The Impact of Events Scale has become one of the most widely used instruments in the assessment of post-traumatic stress reactions in adults. However, its reliability and validity with adolescents remains uncertain. The aim of the present study was to investigate its psychometric properties with a sample of 334 adolescent survivors of the Jupiter cruise ship disaster. Recent research with adults has found slight differences in the factor structure of the scale and these were confirmed in this study. Moreover, the factor structure appears to be different for girls and boys. It is concluded that scores on the Impact of Events Scale might reflect sex differences in reactions to traumatic events which may have important diagnostic implications.

Language: en