Exploratory factor analysis of the Brazilian version of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version (PCL-C)

Passos, Roberta Benitez Freitas; Figueira, Ivan; Mendlowicz, Mauro V.; Moraes, Cláudia Leite; Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire

doi:10.1590/s1516-44462012000200007

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“…Subsequently, using data from a national sample of 1006 male and female veterans, factor analysis supported three factors (re‐experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal; Weathers et al, ). While the PCL‐C has been adapted and validated with different ethnic/racial groups (Hem, Hussain, Wentzel‐Larsen, & Heir, ; Passos, Figueira, Mendlowicz, Moraes, & Coutinho, ), an Arabic version of PCL‐C has not been developed.…”

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Reliability and validity of the Arabic PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL‐C) in women survivors of intimate partner violence

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Ford‐Gilboe

Wong

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Research in Nursing & Health

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Although intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors are at high risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), PTSD has been considered a disorder specific to Western culture. There is a lack of reliable and valid measures of PTSD symptomology available in the Arab world, and there is still no clear evidence about the underlying factor structure of PTSD symptomology in the context of IPV. Thus, in the present study we investigated the construct validity (factor structure), internal consistency, and concurrent validity of a translated version of the PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL-C) in a sample of 299 Saudi women who had experienced IPV. Four competing models (DSM-IV, Emotional Numbing, Dysphoria, and Dysphoric Arousal) were specified and estimated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The five-factor Dysphoric Arousal model provided superior fit with the data compared to the alternative models, supporting construct validity of the Arabic PCL-C. The factor loadings for the five-factor Dysphoric Arousal model ranged from .31 to .83. A relatively high correlation between the Arabic PCL-C and Arabic Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale (r = .78, p < .05) provided evidence of concurrent validity. The total scale also demonstrated internal consistency reliability (α = .89). Overall, the study supports the Dysphoric Arousal model in representing PTSD symptoms among IPV survivors, the reliability and validity of the Arabic version of PCL-C, and the cross-cultural applicability of PTSD symptoms.

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“…While the PCL-C has been adapted and validated with different ethnic/ racial groups (Hem, Hussain, Wentzel-Larsen, & Heir, 2012;Passos, Figueira, Mendlowicz, Moraes, & Coutinho, 2012), an Arabic version of PCL-C has not been developed.…”

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Reliability and validity of the Arabic PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL‐C) in women survivors of intimate partner violence

Alhalal

Ford‐Gilboe

Wong

et al. 2017

Research in Nursing & Health

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“…The indication of PTSD is confirmed when the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted by a traumatic event (diagnostic criterion A for PTSD, according to the DSM-IV-TR) and shows a clinically significant symptom of diagnostic criterion B (persistent reliving - measured by the first five items), three symptoms of diagnostic criterion C (avoidant behavior or emotional numbness - items 6 to 12), and two symptoms of diagnostic criterion D (hyperexcitability - items 13 to 17). The instrument considers as a clinically significant symptom a score greater or equal to three, in one of the 17 items ( 11 ) . Thus, this instrument identifies whether a person has or not the indication of PTSD.…”

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Intimate partner violence and anxiety disorders in pregnancy: the importance of vocational training of the nursing staff in facing them

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Monteiro

Haas

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Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: to identify the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, trait and state anxiety, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy. Method: observational, cross-sectional study developed with 358 pregnant women. The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version was used, as well as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and an adapted version of the instrument used in the World Health Organization Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence. Results: after adjusting to the multiple logistic regression model, intimate partner violence, occurred during pregnancy, was associated with the indication of posttraumatic stress disorder. The adjusted multiple linear regression models showed that the victims of violence, in the current pregnancy, had higher symptom scores of trait and state anxiety than non-victims. Conclusion: recognizing the intimate partner violence as a clinically relevant and identifiable risk factor for the occurrence of anxiety disorders during pregnancy can be a first step in the prevention thereof.

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“…2) possible biases in the understanding of certain items, particularly those concerning the phenomenon of hypervigilance (e.g., alterations in arousal and reactivity), as recommended elsewhere. 13,14…”

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“…17,19 The original PCL-C was cross-translated and validated in several languages, 21 including Brazilian Portuguese. 6,13,14 Investigations have demonstrated that the original PCL-5 is psychometrically sound. The scale was administered to samples of trauma-exposed college students 22 and US veterans.…”

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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist 5 (PCL-5) and Life Events Checklist 5 (LEC-5) for the Brazilian context

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Vasconcelos

Berger

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Trends Psychiatry Psychother.

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Exploratory factor analysis of the Brazilian version of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version (PCL-C)

Abstract: Avoidance and numbing seem to be independent dimensions, differently from what is expected according to the DSM-IV. Therefore, new trials should be carried out in other populations, with victims of different kinds of trauma, and including females, to verify these findings.

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Reliability and validity of the Arabic PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL‐C) in women survivors of intimate partner violence

Reliability and validity of the Arabic PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL‐C) in women survivors of intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence and anxiety disorders in pregnancy: the importance of vocational training of the nursing staff in facing them

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist 5 (PCL-5) and Life Events Checklist 5 (LEC-5) for the Brazilian context

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