The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural Disaster
The 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases has endorsed substantial changes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and has introduced Complex PTSD (cPTSD). The objective of this study was to assess the symptom and network structure of PTSD and cPTSD using the International T...
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| author | Rodolfo Rossi Valentina Socci Francesca Pacitti Claudia Carmassi Alessandro Rossi Giorgio Di Lorenzo Giorgio Di Lorenzo Philip Hyland |
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| description | The 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases has endorsed substantial changes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and has introduced Complex PTSD (cPTSD). The objective of this study was to assess the symptom and network structure of PTSD and cPTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire- Italian version (ITQ) and the prevalence of PTSD and cPTSD in a community sample of late adolescents enriched with exposure to a destructive earthquake. A 1,010 high school students participated to the study. Confirmatory Factor Analysis supports that a six first-order correlated factors was the best fitting model of ICD-11 PTSD/cPTSD. The network analysis supports a clear separation between core PTSD symptoms and disturbances in self-organization (DSO) symptoms, avoidance, and negative self-concept were the most central items. The prevalence of PTSD and cPTSD was 9.11 and 4.06%, respectively. Female participants reported higher rates of both PTSD and cPTSD. This is the first study to report on ICD-11 PTSD and cPTSD rates on an Italian adolescence community sample. Consistent with other community samples, we found higher rates of PTSD compared to cPTSD. The results confirmed the factorial validity of the ITQ. The network structure highlights the importance of negative self-concept in cPTSD and avoidance in PTSD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a8049f1a28a468d82d537b079cd6ac32022-12-22T02:23:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-05-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.859877859877The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural DisasterRodolfo Rossi0Valentina Socci1Francesca Pacitti2Claudia Carmassi3Alessandro Rossi4Giorgio Di Lorenzo5Giorgio Di Lorenzo6Philip Hyland7Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, ItalyIRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, IrelandThe 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases has endorsed substantial changes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and has introduced Complex PTSD (cPTSD). The objective of this study was to assess the symptom and network structure of PTSD and cPTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire- Italian version (ITQ) and the prevalence of PTSD and cPTSD in a community sample of late adolescents enriched with exposure to a destructive earthquake. A 1,010 high school students participated to the study. Confirmatory Factor Analysis supports that a six first-order correlated factors was the best fitting model of ICD-11 PTSD/cPTSD. The network analysis supports a clear separation between core PTSD symptoms and disturbances in self-organization (DSO) symptoms, avoidance, and negative self-concept were the most central items. The prevalence of PTSD and cPTSD was 9.11 and 4.06%, respectively. Female participants reported higher rates of both PTSD and cPTSD. This is the first study to report on ICD-11 PTSD and cPTSD rates on an Italian adolescence community sample. Consistent with other community samples, we found higher rates of PTSD compared to cPTSD. The results confirmed the factorial validity of the ITQ. The network structure highlights the importance of negative self-concept in cPTSD and avoidance in PTSD.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.859877/fullPTSDICD-11 cPTSDInternational Trauma Questionnairefactor structurenetwork analysis |
| spellingShingle | Rodolfo Rossi Valentina Socci Francesca Pacitti Claudia Carmassi Alessandro Rossi Giorgio Di Lorenzo Giorgio Di Lorenzo Philip Hyland The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural Disaster Frontiers in Psychiatry PTSD ICD-11 cPTSD International Trauma Questionnaire factor structure network analysis |
| title | The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural Disaster |
| title_full | The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural Disaster |
| title_fullStr | The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural Disaster |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural Disaster |
| title_short | The Italian Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire: Symptom and Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Late Adolescents Exposed to a Natural Disaster |
| title_sort | italian version of the international trauma questionnaire symptom and network structure of post traumatic stress disorder and complex post traumatic stress disorder in a sample of late adolescents exposed to a natural disaster |
| topic | PTSD ICD-11 cPTSD International Trauma Questionnaire factor structure network analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.859877/full |
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