@article{ref1,
title="Validity, reliability and internal consistency of Persian Versions of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Traumatic Exposure Severity Scale and the Peritraumatic  Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire",
journal="Journal of trauma and dissociation",
year="2021",
author="Ojagh, Faeze Sadat and Nobakht, Habib Niyaraq and Dale, Karl Yngvar",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Traumatic Exposure Severity Scale (TESS) and the Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire (PDEQ) are  questionnaires widely used in studies of trauma and dissociation. This study aimed  to examine the validity of the Persian versions of these questionnaires among a  total of 230 individuals from the cities of Kermanshah and Sarpol-e Zahab that had  experienced 2017 Iran earthquake. <br><br>RESULTS from a confirmatory factor analysis did  not support the original five-factor solution for the TESS. Two principal component  analyses resulted in a four-component solution for a revised version of the scale. PDEQ scores, TESS scores, and its sub-scales, were found to significantly correlate  with a PTSD measure with their effect sizes ranging from medium to large according  to Cohen's guidelines. Furthermore, significant correlations between two sub-scales  of the CTQ and a dissociation measure were found with medium effect sizes. Consequently, reliability and validity measures obtained from the sample of this  study were supportive of the use of the Persian versions of the TESS, the PDEQ, and  the CTQ among Persian-speaking populations. Further research on psychological  responses to earthquakes and other natural disasters can provide the opportunity for  cross-cultural comparisons in terms of specific resilience factors and  vulnerabilities following mass trauma.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1529-9732",
doi="10.1080/15299732.2020.1869640",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1869640"
}