Psychometric properties of the impact of event scale-6 in a sample of victims of bank robbery

Gabriele Giorgi; Francisco Saverio Fiz Perez; Andrea Castiello D ’ Antonio; Nicola Mucci; Claudia Ferrero; Vincenzo Cupelli; Giulio Arcangeli

doi:10.2147/PRBM.S73901

Psychometric properties of the impact of event scale-6 in a sample of victims of bank robbery

Gabriele Giorgi, Francisco Saverio Fiz Perez, Andrea Castiello D ’ Antonio, Nicola Mucci, Claudia Ferrero, Vincenzo Cupelli, Giulio Arcangeli

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Abstract

Bank robberies are becoming a serious problem in Italy. This study aims to evaluate the validity and the reliability of the Italian version of Impact of Event Scale (IES)-6. It is also hypothesized that a potential posttraumatic disorder, as measured by the IES-6, is associated with mental health problems and several peritraumatic variables. A database was built from data collected through a survey of victims of robbery in an Italian bank. The fnal sample comprised 350 employees. This study tests different models of IES, comparing the validity of IES-6 with the 22-item original version (IES-R) and the 15-item Italian version (recently adopted in a sample of food victims). A confrmatory factor analysis supported the IES-6 three-factor solution as the best model. In addition, the internal consistency of the IES-6 and the subscales was good. Outcomes revealed a robust structure supporting the composition of the IES-6 Italian version.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	99-104
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychology Research and Behavior Management
Volume	2015
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S73901
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

Bank robbery
Employees
Impact of event scale
Peritraumatic
Posttraumatic
Questionnaire

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