TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Factor structure of the Youth Coping In Traumatic Times (YCITT) scale
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Paasivirta, Maria E.
A1  - Duarte, Cristiane S.
A1  - Wu, Ping
A1  - Bin, Fan
A1  - Goodman, Robin F.
A1  - Brown, Elissa J.
A1  - Andrews, Howard F.
A1  - Hoven, Christina W.
SP  - 357
EP  - 362
VL  - 179
IS  - 3
N2  - The objective of the present study is to determine if a brief measure of coping strategies administered to children and adolescents after a mass traumatic event - Youth Coping In Traumatic Times (YCITT) - has a factor structure similar to that of a lengthier, widely used scale, the How I Coped Under Pressure Scale (HICUPS). The YCITT was developed for the New York City - Board of Education WTC Study, conducted 6 months after 9/11. Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) were performed in two randomly selected sub-samples of youth in grades 6-12 (sub-sample 1, n=2249; sub-sample 2, n=2315). In sub-sample 1, CFA indicated acceptable fit of a four-factor solution based on the HICUPS (distraction, active coping, support seeking and avoidance) and EFA yielded a nearly identical solution. In sub-sample 2, CFA indicated that the fit of the HICUPS-based factor solution and the solution derived from the EFA in sub-sample 1 were very similar, with both indicating acceptable model fit. In conclusion, the brief YCITT has a factor structure, which is similar to that of the HICUPS. When used in large-scale assessments of future mass traumatic events, the measure can provide relevant information about youth coping strategies across four key coping domains.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.018
ID  - ref1
ER  -