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Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom structure in Chinese adolescents exposed to a deadly earthquake.

Wang, Li, Long, Di, Li, Zhongquan, Armour, Cherie·2011·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
DOI 10.1007/s10802-011-9508-4
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Abstract

This present study examined the structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a large sample of Chinese adolescents exposed to a deadly earthquake. A total of 2,800 middle school students aged 12 to 18 years participated in the study 6 months after the "Wenchuan Earthquake". Results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a five-factor intercorrelated model composed of intrusion, avoidance, numbing, dysphoric arousal, and anxious arousal, fit data significantly better than both the four-factor numbing model King et al. (Psychological Assessment 10:90-96, 1998) and the four-factor dysphoria model Simms et al. (Journal of Abnormal Psychology 111:637-647, 2002). Further examination of the external convergent and discriminant validity revealed that except for the dysphoric arousal factor, the remaining four PTSD factors yielded significantly different correlations with external measures of anxiety vs. depression. The findings add to the limited literature on the factor structure of PTSD in youths and on the five-factor PTSD model. In addition, they provide more detail into the latent psychopathological processes of PTSD, and inform the forthcoming DSM-5.

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  • Previous studies have applied DASS to assess general psychological distress in adolescents.

    “Previous studies have applied DASS to assess the general psychological distress in the sample of adolescents (Wang et al., 2011).”

    From Adolescents' mindfulness and psychological distress: The mediating role of emotion regulation (2019) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2011

  • The factor structure of the Chinese version of DASS-21 was supported by previous studies and the internal consistency of the subscales was above 0.70.

    “The factor structure of the Chinese version of DASS-21 was also supported by previous studies and the internal consistency of the subscales was above 0.70 (Wang et al., 2011).”

    From Adolescents' mindfulness and psychological distress: The mediating role of emotion regulation (2019) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2011

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Authors
Wang, L., Long, D., Li, Z., & Armour, C.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Nanjing University (CN)
Corresponding author
Wang, Li
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2011-04-12
Volume
39
Issue
5
Pages
749-758
ISSN
  • 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2835
DOI
10.1007/s10802-011-9508-4
OpenAlex
W2003694333
Cited by
65
References
82
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
FWCI
10.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD symptom structure, Wenchuan earthquake, adolescents, earthquake survivors, intrusion, avoidance, numbing, dysphoric arousal, anxious arousal, anxiety, depression, DSM-5, Chinese adolescents
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, China, Disasters, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Earthquakes

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