Anxiety symptoms in South African youths : their assessment and relationship with stressful life events
Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The first objective of the study was to explore whether a correlation exists between anxiety symptoms and stressful life events within a sample of marginalised South African youths.The second objective was to examine the psychometric properties and cross-cultural validation of the Dominic-R when administered within the aforementioned sample.The participants consisted of a sample of 185 children aged between 10-and 15-years.Children completed three self-report questionnaires, namely the Dominic-R, the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS), and a modified version of the Major Life Events Checklist (MLEC-M).Results indicated that albeit rather weak, significant positive correlations were nonetheless obtained between the total Dominic-R and SCAS scores, and stressful life events experienced.Furthermore, the psychometric properties of both the Dominic-R and the SCAS were moderate (convergent validity) to acceptable (internal consistency) for the sample.The implications of these results provide tentative evidence for the utilisation of the Dominic-R within South African samples.The limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed
Author: Candice Gene Hartley
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1927073480