UNSPECIFIED (2000) Psychometric evaluation of Horowitz's impact of event scale: A review. [Journal Item]

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Abstract

Despite being developed before the formal introduction of posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) within the diagnostic literature, the Impact of Event Scale (Horowitz, Wilner; & Alvarez, 1979) remains one of the most widely used self-report measures of posttraumatic stress. This paper presents an overview of research using the IES in an attempt to assess its psychometric status. It is concluded that the psychometric properties of the IES are satisfactory (although not as a PTSD diagnostic measure) and that continued use of the IES as a measure of intrusive and avoidant processes is warranted.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Journal or Publication Title:	JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS
Publisher:	KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
ISSN:	0894-9867
Date:	January 2000
Volume:	13
Number:	1
Number of Pages:	13
Page Range:	pp. 101-113
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/13506

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