Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Volume 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-117

Development and Validation of the Refugee Trauma Experience Inventory (Article)

Hussain D. , Bhushan B.*
  • a Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
  • b Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

Abstract

This article reports the development and validation of a new self-report measure, the Refugee Trauma Experience Inventory (RTEI). This scale was designed to assess refugees' traumatic experiences. The RTEI was administered to 226 Tibetan refugees (113 men and 113 women) residing in India. Principal-components analysis generated 3 factors-Survival Trauma, Ethnic Concern, and Deprivation-Uncertainty. Three subscales and the Total scale showed high internal consistency. The factors derived from this scale correlated moderately to strongly with theoretically related constructs such as intrusion, avoidance, rumination, and posttraumatic schema changes, namely negative cognitions about the self and world and self-blame, thus endorsing the RTEI's convergent validity. © 2009 American Psychological Association.

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Convergent validity Refugee trauma principal-components analysis Internal consistency

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-68049101450&doi=10.1037%2fa0016120&partnerID=40&md5=a18988485433a1088bf0fbc4a51bebc5
DOI: 10.1037/a0016120
ISSN: 19429681
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English