TY - JOUR
T1 - Unpacking trauma exposure risk factors and differential pathways of influence
T2 - predicting postwar mental distress in bosnian adolescents
AU - Layne, Christopher M.
AU - Olsen, Joseph A.
AU - Baker, Aaron
AU - Legerski, John Paul
AU - Isakson, Brian
AU - Pašalić, Alma
AU - Duraković-Belko, Elvira
AU - Dapo, Nermin
AU - Ćampara, Nihada
AU - Arslanagić, Berina
AU - Saltzman, William R.
AU - Pynoos, Robert S.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Methods are needed for quantifying the potency and differential effects of risk factors to identify at-risk groups for theory building and intervention. Traditional methods for constructing war exposure measures are poorly suited to "unpack" differential relations between specific types of exposure and specific outcomes. This study of 881 Bosnian adolescents compared both common factor-effect indicator (using exploratory factor analysis) versus composite causal-indicator methods for "unpacking" dimensions of war exposure and their respective paths to postwar adjustment outcomes. The composite method better supported theory building and most intervention applications, showing how multitiered interventions can enhance treatment effectiveness and efficiency in war settings. Used together, the methods may unpack the elements and differential effects of "caravans" of risk and promotive factors that co-occur across development.
AB - Methods are needed for quantifying the potency and differential effects of risk factors to identify at-risk groups for theory building and intervention. Traditional methods for constructing war exposure measures are poorly suited to "unpack" differential relations between specific types of exposure and specific outcomes. This study of 881 Bosnian adolescents compared both common factor-effect indicator (using exploratory factor analysis) versus composite causal-indicator methods for "unpacking" dimensions of war exposure and their respective paths to postwar adjustment outcomes. The composite method better supported theory building and most intervention applications, showing how multitiered interventions can enhance treatment effectiveness and efficiency in war settings. Used together, the methods may unpack the elements and differential effects of "caravans" of risk and promotive factors that co-occur across development.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01454.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01454.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20636682
AN - SCOPUS:77955143321
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 81
SP - 1053
EP - 1076
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
IS - 4
ER -