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Muhammed Tayyib Kadak1, Murat Boysan2, Nesrin Ceylan3
1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Objective:
Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) were examined in a sample of young individuals who experienced a severe earthquake.
Method:
Subjects were 479 children and adolescents recruited from schools after 18 months of Van earthquake. Mean age was 12.83 (SD±1.88), ranging from 8 to 18.
Results:
Psychometric features were generally good for the CPSS. The original three-factor structure was replicated in this study. Internal consistency of the scale was good (ranged from α=.70 to α=.89 for total and subscale scores). The CPSS demonstrated good convergent validity with Child Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index scores as well as good divergent validity with the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and Child Depression Inventory. As an evidence for a good discriminant validity, the CPSS successfully distinguished high PTSD individuals from low PTSD individuals.
Conclusion:
The CPSS had sound psychometric properties in a Turkish youth population.
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