ABCDE-Psy: Primary assessment scale of acute stress response to critical and potentially traumatic events.

ABSTRACT: Objective: The focus of this paper is to present the psychometric validation of the ABCDE-Psy, an hetero-administered psychological assessment scale for measuring people's acute stress response to critical and potentially traumatic events. Method: An item bank is proposed based on a literature review and expert opinion. Its psychometric validation follows the usual scheme of classical test theory. The scale was administered to two samples, the first watching simulated cases (n = 60) and the second participating in real environments (n = 213). Results: The ABCDE-Psy scale shows solid psychometric properties in terms of both reliability (α = .793; 95 % confidence interval 0.764 - 0.822) and validity. Construct validity was supported by a univariate model of the sc

SUBMITTER: Perez-Gonzalez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872415 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature