1.Investigating The Relationship Between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms And Emotional Intelligence Among Adolescent Refugees From The Middle East
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2014;15(2):220-224
Objective: The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between
symptoms of PTSD and various scores of emotional intelligence scales. This
study employed a cross-sectional research design. Participants were recruited
from the local community health centre in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. The Child
Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index (CPTS-RI) measured the presence of PTSD
symptoms and the Adolescents Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale
(AMEIS) measured emotional intelligence. Results: The findings suggest an
inverse relationship between PTSD severity and emotional intelligence. The
PTSD score was negatively correlated with all AMEIS subscales. Two significant
negative correlations were found in the tasks of using emotion and
understanding emotion. Conclusion: Findings suggest that individuals with
severe PTSD symptoms appear to lack the abilities to understand and use
emotions. These findings might be useful in identifying factors that may
contribute to decreasing the severity of PTSD symptoms of these children.
Implications of the findings were discussed, and recommendations for future
research are presented.
2.Determining The Cut-Off Score For A Malay Language Version Of The Centre For Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD)
Siti Raudzah Ghazali ; Ask Elklit ; Rekaya Vincent Balang ; M Ameenudeen Sultan ; Yoke Yong Chen
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2014;15(2):146-152
Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the optimal cut-off score for the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD) according to Malaysian adolescent norms. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Nine hundred and thirty-one adolescents aged 13 to 17 years-old completed the CESD and Hopkins Symptom Checklist-depression scale (HSCL-depression). Results:
Results from the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, kappa coefficients and odds ratio analysis showed that CESD cut-off score of 27 was suitable to be used according to Malaysian norms, demonstrating a specificity of 93%. Conclusion: The findings suggest a cut-off score 27 should be used for screening of depression for Malaysian adolescents using the CESD.