TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Study of the internal consistency and factor structure of the Impact of Event Scale among Colombian women victim of violence
JO  - Vertex: Revista Argentina de Psiquiatria
A1  - Contreras-Pezzotti, Leddy
A1  - Arteaga-Medina, Juan
A1  - Campo-Arias, Adalberto
SP  - 5
EP  - 9
VL  - 20
IS  - 83
N2  - Background: the Impact of Event Scale is used to identify possible cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in clinical settings. However, among Colombians its psychometric properties are unknown. Objective: to establish the internal consistency and factor structure of the Impact of Event Scale among women referred for forensic examination due to violence in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Methods: a group of 310 women between 18 and 65 years participated in this research. The mean age was 31.6 years (SD = 10.7); the mean scholarship was 8.8 years (SD = 4.4); 59.1% were half or full-time employees; 58.7% were married; 60.6% lived in low-class neighbourhood; and 52.3% reported having been victim of physical assault. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated and the factor structure was explored for the Impact of Event Scale. Results: the Cronbach coefficient was 0.80 and three-dimensional structure (reexperiencing, avoidant behaviors and restricted affect) that accounted for roughly 50% of the variance. Conclusions: the Impact of Event Scale shows acceptable internal consistency and three factors explain significant percentage of the variance.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0327-6139
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -