Psychological Development and Education ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 206-215.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2017.02.10

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Assessing the Latent Structure of PTSD among Chinese Adolescent after Earthquake

ZHOU Xiao1,2, WU Xinchun2, AN Yuanyuan3, LIN Chongde2   

  1. 1. School of Social Work, I-Core Research Center for Mass Trauma, Tel Aviv University 69978, Israel;
    2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
    3. School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Nanjing 210046, China
  • Online:2017-03-15 Published:2017-03-15

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Abstract: To examine the underlying substructure of posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) among adolescent samples after earthquake,this study used confirmatory factor analysis alternative model approach to investigate 746 adolescents one year after the Wenchuan earthquake.Participants completed the Children PTSD Checklist and the depression scale for children.The results found that 5-factors Dysphoric Arousal model entailing experiencing,avoidance,emotional numbing,dysphoria arousal,and anxious arousal,was significantly superior to DSM-IV PTSD model,4-factor emotional numbing model,and 4-factor dysphoria model.Moreover,the findings also suggested that 5-factors Dysphoric Arousal model has good external discriminant validity.These results indicated that 5-factors Dysphoric Arousal PTSD model was better applicable to adolescent following earthquake,and considered validated criteria for check adolescents'PTSD symptoms.

Key words: earthquake, adolescents, PTSD, symptom structure

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  • B844

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