Table 3 Sources of survey items
Survey item topic ❖ | Source | Specific reference |
|---|---|---|
Demographics | ABS Census 2006-2008 | |
Social networks | Proposed by Pattison, Robins, Y. Kashima, Lusher, E. Kashima, Daraganova & Quintane. | |
Fire exposure and impacts | Developed for this study | |
General health | Standard self assessment scale | |
PTSD | PTSD checklist | Bliese, P. D., Wright, K. M., Adler, A. B., Cabrera, O., Castro, C. A., & Hoge, C. W. (2008). Validating the primary care posttraumatic stress disorder screen and the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist with soldiers returning from combat. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(2), 272–281. |
Depression | PHQ-9 | Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The PHQ-9: Validity of a brief depression severity measure. J Gen Intern Med. 2001;16:606–613. |
Psychiatric disorder/psychological distress | K-6 | Kessler, R. C., Barker, P. R., Colpe, L. J., Epstein, J. F., Gfroerer, J. C., Hiripi, E., Howes, M. J., Normand, S.-L. T., Manderscheid, R. W., Walters, E. E., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2003). Screening for serious mental illness in the general population. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60:184–189. |
Anger | Modified version of questions on the Anger Attacks Questionnaire | Winkler D, Pjrek E, Kindler J, Heiden A, Kasper S. Validation of a Simplified Definition of Anger Attacks. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2006;75:103–6. |
Alcohol abuse | AUDIT-C | Bush, K., Kivlahan, D., McDonell, M., Fihn, S., & Bradley, K. (1998). The AUDIT Alcohol Consumption Questions (AUDIT-C): An Effective Brief Screening Test for Problem Drinking. Archives of Internal Medicine, 158, 1789-1795 |
Grief | Prolonged Grief Inventory | Adapted from Shear, Katherine M.; McLaughlin, Katie A.; Ghesquiere, Angela; Gruber, Michael J.; Sampson, Nancy A.; Kessler, Ronald C. Depression & Anxiety (1091–4269). Aug2011, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p648-657. 10p. doi:10.1002/da.20865. |
Resilience | Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale | Connor, K. & Davidson, J. (2003) |
Attachment | Derived from the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale | Olssøn I, Sørebø Ø, Dahl AA. The Norwegian version of the Experiences in Close Relationships measure of adult attachment: Psychometric properties and normative data. Nord J Psychiatry. 2010;64(5) |
Wellbeing | Derived from The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index - Community Indicators Victoria (CIV) | Cummins R, Eckersley R, Pallant J, Vugt JV, Misajon R. Developing a National Index of subjective Wellbeing: The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Social Indicators Research. 2003;64:159-90 |
Community hope | Proposed by Pattison, Robins, Y. Kashima, Lusher, E. Kashima, Daraganova & Quintane. | |
Community cohesion | Questions derived from the Neighbourhood cohesion scale | Buckner J. The development of an instrument to measure neighborhood cohesion. American Journal of Community Psychology. 1988;16(6):771-91 |