Owczarek, Marcin and Ben-Ezra, Menachem and Karatzias, Thanos and Hyland, Philip and Vallières, Frédérique and Shevlin, Mark (2019) Testing the Factor Structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in African Community Samples from Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 25 (4). pp. 348-363. ISSN 1532-5032

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the factorial structure of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) as outlined in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) in three African community samples using the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ). Four models were tested using confirmatory factor analysis based on a total sample of 2,524 participants, and the two-factor second-order model, representing PTSD and Disturbances in Self-organization (DSO), was the best fitting model. The factors were validated using demographic and trauma-related variables, supporting the use of the ITQ for English-speaking participants in these African countries.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the preprint version of the published article, which is available at Marcin Owczarek, Menachem Ben-Ezra, Thanos Karatzias, Philip Hyland, Frédérique Vallieres & Mark Shevlin (2020) Testing the Factor Structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in African Community Samples from Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria, Journal of Loss and Trauma, 25:4, 348-363, DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2019.1689718
Keywords:	Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Complex PTSD; International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ); Africa;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	15169
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2019.1689718
Depositing User:	Philip Hyland
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2021 17:22
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Loss and Trauma
Publisher:	Routledge
Refereed:	No
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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