Factor structure of the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES) with children exposed to earthquake

Giannopoulou, Ioanna; Smith, Patrick; Ecker, Christine; Strouthos, Marios; Dikaiakou, Anastasia; Yule, William

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.002

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“…The total score for all items, with higher scores denoting increased symptom severity, was used as an overall index of trauma symptoms. The psychometric properties of the original and the revised scale have been described elsewhere (Smith et al, 2003;Giannopoulou, Smith, et al, 2006a). In the present study, Cronbach's α was .85 for the full scale.…”

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“…The Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-13; Smith, Perrin, Dyregrov, & Yule, 2003) is a 13-item self-report measure of intrusion (four items), avoidance (four items), and arousal (five items) symptoms, which was adapted to Greek children and adolescents (Giannopoulou, Smith, Strouthos, Dikaiakou, & Yule, 2006a). Participants reported how often each thought, feeling, or behaviour had occurred during the past month (0 = not at all, 1 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 5 = often).…”

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Adolescents' reactions after a wildfire disaster in Greece

Papadatou

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Bitsakou³

et al. 2012

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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This cross-sectional study examined the factors associated with higher levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms in 1,468 adolescents, 6 months after a wildfire. The rate of probable PTSD was 29.4% and 20% for probable depression. Findings on predisaster, disaster-related, and postdisaster factors revealed that disaster-related factors-specifically objective and perceived threat to self and others-were associated with symptoms of PTSD but not depression. Predisaster life events, postdisaster losses, and escape-oriented coping strategies were associated with higher levels of both PTSD and depression symptoms, while control-oriented coping and perceived social support were differentially associated with symptoms of and depression. Findings have implications for the assessment and treatment of traumatized and depressed adolescents after a disaster.

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Adolescents' reactions after a wildfire disaster in Greece

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Giannopoulou²,

Bitsakou³

et al. 2012

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…46 Daughter breast cancer-specific distress was evaluated with the 8-item Child Impact of Events Scale, a developmentally appropriate version of the Revised Impact of Event Scale. [47][48][49][50] Both have been used to evaluate intrusion and avoidance, as indices of cancerspecific "distress." [51][52][53] Daughter performance of health and risk behaviors were assessed with items from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 53 which has been used to track health and risk behaviors of >10 000 youths.…”

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“…Maternal breast cancer-specific distress was measured using 8 items of the Revised Impact of Event Scale, to parallel the Child Impact of Events Scale (Cronbach's α = 0.88). [47][48][49][50][51][52][53] …”

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Psychosocial Adjustment in School-age Girls With a Family History of Breast Cancer

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OBJECTIVE-Understanding how young girls respond to growing up with breast cancer family histories is critical given expansion of genetic testing and breast cancer messaging. We examined the impact of breast cancer family history on psychosocial adjustment and health behaviors among >800 girls in the multicenter LEGACY Girls Study.METHODS-Girls aged 6 to 13 years with a family history of breast cancer or familial BRCA1/2 mutation (BCFH+), peers without a family history (BCFH−), and their biological mothers completed assessments of psychosocial adjustment (maternal report for 6-to 13-year-olds, selfreport for 10-to 13-year-olds), breast cancer-specific distress, perceived risk of breast cancer, and health behaviors (10-to 13-year-olds).RESULTS-BCFH+ girls had better general psychosocial adjustment than BCFH− peers by maternal report. Psychosocial adjustment and health behaviors did not differ significantly by selfreport among 10-to 13-year-old girls. BCFH+ girls reported higher breast cancer-specific distress (P = .001) and were more likely to report themselves at increased breast cancer risk than BCFH− peers (38.4% vs 13.7%, P < .001), although many girls were unsure of their risk. In multivariable analyses, higher daughter anxiety was associated with higher maternal anxiety and poorer family communication. Higher daughter breast cancer-specific distress was associated with higher maternal breast cancer-specific distress.CONCLUSIONS-Although growing up in a family at risk for breast cancer does not negatively affect general psychosocial adjustment among preadolescent girls, those from breast cancer risk families experience greater breast cancer-specific distress. Interventions to address daughter and mother breast cancer concerns and responses to genetic or familial risk might improve psychosocial outcomes of teen daughters.Although studies have reported psychosocial adjustment in children of parents with cancer, few studies have evaluated outcomes in youth from families at familial or genetic risk for breast cancer. Understanding the impact of growing up in a family at risk for breast cancer is The LEGACY Girls Study is the first to focus on preadolescent girls growing up in families with breast cancer risk, including girls whose mothers have not had breast cancer. 39 This study addresses limitations of previous studies by being theoretically informed and including sociodemographically diverse girls, an unrelated comparison group, and both parent and child report. We applied a novel conceptual model 40 grounded in the Self-Regulation Theory of Health Behavior 41 and developmental theory. 34,37 Our model posits that response to a health threat, including psychosocial adjustment and the performance of health and risk behaviors, is a product of one's perceptions of the threat. [40][41][42] This model is ideal for the study of youths' maturation because it emphasizes "commonsense" representations, encompasses sociocultural factors, and is iterative and dynamic, providing a unique opportunity to examine chang...

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“…Research has shown that certain protective factors such as individual attributes (e.g. intelligence, resilience as qualities embedded in the individual child, self-efficacy) and perceived social support (from family, peers and significant others) can promote children's abilities to cope and thrive in difficult circumstances (Bandura, 1986(Bandura, , 2002Werner, 1993). The review of existing literature on the well-being of orphanage-placed children shows that the effect of social support has seemingly gained momentum (cf.…”

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