@article{ref1,
title="The 39-item Child Exposure to Community Violence (CECV) Scale: exploratory factor analysis and relationship to PTSD symptomatology in trauma-exposed children and adolescents",
journal="International journal of behavioral medicine",
year="2013",
author="Martin, Lindi and Revington, Nicola and Seedat, Soraya",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="599-608",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Exposure to multiple forms of community violence in youth is associated with a wide range of negative health outcomes. A number of scales measuring community violence exposure have been developed, including the Child Exposure to Community Violence Checklist (CECV). PURPOSE: This study examined the psychometric properties of an adapted version of the CECV in a South African sample of trauma-exposed youths. In addition, the study assessed the relationship between exposure to community violence and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. METHODS: Trauma-exposed youth completed two self-report instruments, namely, the CECV and the Child PTSD Checklist (CPC), on a single occasion. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to investigate the factor structure of the CECV, and the association between CECV and CPC scores was also explored. RESULTS: EFA of the CECV revealed three factors that accounted for 38.66 % of variance in the model and consisted of 29 of the original 39 items. Reliability of the three factors ranged from moderate to excellent (α = 0.682 to α = 0.892). Exposure to community violence was positively correlated with posttraumatic stress symptomatology (r = 0.464, p < 0.001). Adolescents attending high school reported significantly higher levels of exposure to community violence than did children in primary school. CONCLUSION: Findings provide support for the conceptualization of exposure to community violence as comprising distinct, multiple factors. Levels of exposure to community violence and family violence were high. We found a highly significant, positive association between exposure to community violence and PTSD symptomatology, providing evidence for the convergent validity of the CECV.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1070-5503",
doi="10.1007/s12529-012-9269-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12529-012-9269-7"
}