Factor structure of the Youth Coping In Traumatic Times (YCITT) scale
| Autor: | Maria E. Paasivirta, Howard Andrews, Robin F. Goodman, Ping Wu, Cristiane S. Duarte, Fan Bin, Christina W. Hoven, Elissa J. Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Coping (psychology) medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Adolescent Poison control Test validity Suicide prevention Disasters Life Change Events Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Psychiatry Child Biological Psychiatry Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Chi-Square Distribution Social environment Mental health Exploratory factor analysis Psychiatry and Mental health Female New York City September 11 Terrorist Attacks Psychology Factor Analysis Statistical Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry research. 179(3) |
| ISSN: | 0165-1781 |
| Popis: | The objective of the present study is to determine if a brief measure of coping strategies administered to children and adolescents after a mass traumatic event - Youth Coping In Traumatic Times (YCITT) - has a factor structure similar to that of a lengthier, widely used scale, the How I Coped Under Pressure Scale (HICUPS). The YCITT was developed for the New York City - Board of Education WTC Study, conducted 6 months after 9/11. Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) were performed in two randomly selected sub-samples of youth in grades 6-12 (sub-sample 1, n=2249; sub-sample 2, n=2315). In sub-sample 1, CFA indicated acceptable fit of a four-factor solution based on the HICUPS (distraction, active coping, support seeking and avoidance) and EFA yielded a nearly identical solution. In sub-sample 2, CFA indicated that the fit of the HICUPS-based factor solution and the solution derived from the EFA in sub-sample 1 were very similar, with both indicating acceptable model fit. In conclusion, the brief YCITT has a factor structure, which is similar to that of the HICUPS. When used in large-scale assessments of future mass traumatic events, the measure can provide relevant information about youth coping strategies across four key coping domains. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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