Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
United World College of the Adriatic, Duino Aurisina, Italy.
J Trauma Stress. 2021 Aug;34(4):880-888. doi: 10.1002/jts.22667. Epub 2021 Mar 27.
The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) is a widely used self-report questionnaire used to assess symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although the IES-R has been translated and validated in multiple languages, no previous version has employed the Arabic dialect commonly spoken in Syria. The present work aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a Syrian Arabic version of the IES-R. Syrian citizens (N = 288) living in refugee camps in Turkey were administered the Syrian Arabic IES-R as part of a humanitarian aid project focused on providing psychological assistance. The data were analyzed with respect to 10 previously published factor solutions. We found that the best-fitting model was a four-factor structure that included factors involving Avoidance-Numbing, Intrusion, Hyperarousal, and Sleep Disturbance. The model showed strong measurement invariance between male and female subsamples, allowing for meaningful comparisons of the factor means. Overall, the present findings support the validity of a new version of the IES-R, which can be used by both researchers and clinicians responding to the urgent need for psychological care for Syrian refugees fleeing war-related violence.
创伤后应激障碍量表修订版（IES-R）是一种广泛使用的自评问卷，用于评估创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的症状。虽然 IES-R 已经被翻译成多种语言并经过验证，但以前没有使用过在叙利亚普遍使用的阿拉伯语方言。本研究旨在评估叙利亚阿拉伯语版 IES-R 的心理测量特性。作为专注于提供心理援助的人道主义援助项目的一部分，在土耳其难民营居住的叙利亚公民（N=288）接受了叙利亚阿拉伯语版 IES-R 的评估。对数据进行了分析，考虑了之前发表的 10 个因素解决方案。我们发现，最合适的模型是一个包含回避麻木、闯入、过度警觉和睡眠障碍的四个因素结构。该模型在男女子样本之间表现出很强的测量不变性，允许对因子均值进行有意义的比较。总的来说，目前的研究结果支持 IES-R 的新版本的有效性，该版本可供研究人员和临床医生使用，以应对叙利亚难民逃离与战争有关的暴力事件而迫切需要的心理关怀。
