Posttraumatic stress symptoms and structure among orphan and vulnerable children and adolescents in Zambia

Itziar Familiar; Laura Murray; Alden Gross; Stephanie Skavenski; Elizabeth Jere; Judith Bass

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Posttraumatic stress symptoms and structure among orphan and vulnerable children and adolescents in Zambia

Itziar Familiar, Laura Murray, Alden Gross, Stephanie Skavenski, Elizabeth Jere, Judith Bass

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Background: Scant information exists on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and structure in youth from developing countries. Methods: We describe the symptom profile and exposure to trauma experiences among 343 orphan and vulnerable children and adolescents from Zambia. We distinguished profiles of posttraumatic stress symptoms using latent class analysis. Results: Average number of trauma-related symptoms (21.6; range 0-38) was similar across sex and age. Latent class model suggested three classes varying by level of severity: low (31% of the sample), medium (45% of the sample), and high (24% of the sample) symptomatology. Conclusions: Results suggest that PTSD is a continuously distributed latent trait.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	235-242
Number of pages	8
Journal	Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12050
State	Published - Nov 1 2014

Keywords

Assessment
Cross-cultural
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Trauma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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