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- Title
Community-based cross-cultural adaptation of mental health measures in emergency settings: validating the IES-R and HSCL-37A in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Authors
Mels, Cindy; Derluyn, Ilse; Broekaert, Eric; Rosseel, Yves
- Abstract
This study aims at providing qualitative and quantitative evidence on the relevance of two broadly used mental health self-report measures--Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES-R) and Hopkins Symptom Checklist 37 for Adolescents (HSCL-37A)--for use in Eastern Democratic of Congo, as no psychological assessment instruments were available for this region. We therefore describe an apt procedure to adapt and translate standard screening instruments in close collaboration with the local community, feasible under challenging conditions in emergency settings.
- Publication
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2010, Vol 45, Issue 9, p899
- ISSN
1433-9285
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00127-009-0128-z