title: Screening for PTSD among Somali adolescent refugees: psychometric properties of the UCLA PTSD Index.
abstract: This study presents the psychometric properties for the UCLA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Index among a sample of Somali adolescents. Data were derived from a sample of English-speaking Somali adolescent refugees between the ages of 12 and 19 years (n=76). The UCLA PTSD Index showed good reliability (Cronbach's alpha=.85). Convergent validity was assessed through bivariate correlations with the Depression Self Rating Scale (r=.72, p<.001) and the War Trauma Screening Scale (r=59, p<.001). Results suggest that the UCLA PTSD Index may be a reliable and valid screening tool for PTSD symptoms for use with Somali adolescent refugees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA. heellis@bmc.org
authors.forename: B Heidi
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Dechen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lhewa
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Charney
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cabral
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009511:New England; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014857:Warfare