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Development of terrorism scale: initial validity reliability analyses

Author(s)
Farah Malik Department of Psychology. GC University, Kalchery Road, Lahore .54000, Pakistan.
Rabia Khawar Department of Psychology, GCU, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Rabia Iftikhar Department of Psychology, GC University, Kalchery Road, Lahore., Pakistan
Saima Saeed Department of Psychology, GC University, Kalchery Road, Lahore., Pakistan
Rehana Ilyas Department of Psychology, GC University, Kalchery Road, Lahore., Pakistan
Abstract
This study describe.o:t;he development and psychometric properties of Terrorism Impact Scale (TIS). Items generated were ba::;edon two focus groups with journalists. personnel from security forces and experts from diffcrent walk::;of life, in-depth interviews conductcd with religious scholars and a preliminary questionnaire administered to the survivors of terrorist attacks, witnesses and general public in Lahore. Initially, a pool of 200 items was generated tapping different types of impact of terrorism ill the society (e.g., emotional, psychOlogical. and socia-cultural). An expert opinion based pool of 95 items was retained for initial empirical evaluation on four groups (students, general public, terror attack survivors, and security forces, N = 280). The factor analytic strategy generated 5 clusters with 64 items, labeled as State Affairs, Psychosocial Distress, Civic Affairs. Governance h~ues, and Resilience. TIS demonstrated significant conslfUct validity and reliability overall and for its 5 subscale~. Item analysis and alpha coefficients revealed significantly high internal consistency for [he measure. Further analysis of data rcvealed significant differences alllong parlicipant groups for impact of terrorism.
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Page(s) 91-118
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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Year: 2010

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Keywords
Pakistan, Resilience, terrorism, impact of terrorism
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