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November 19, 2025Clinical Child Psychology and PsychiatryOpen Access

Psychometric Evaluation of the Turkish Adapted Posttraumatic Safety-Seeking Behaviours Scale (CSBS) and Network Analysis of PTSD Symptoms in Earthquake-Exposed Children and Adolescents

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FÇFatmanur ÇimenİSİsmail SeçerAAAlice Alberici

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Implication

Evaluation shows PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents post-earthquake, indicating valid safety-seeking behaviour measures.

Key Points

  • This research aimed to evaluate PTSD rates and adapt the Child Safety Behaviour Scale for Turkish culture.
  • Sample included 265 children and adolescents exposed to an earthquake in Hatay, Türkiye.
  • Construct validity assessed through exploratory structural equation modelling and confirmatory factor analysis.
  • Network analysis evaluated relationships between safety-seeking behaviours and PTSD symptoms.
  • Over half of the participants exhibited moderate to high PTSD symptoms.
  • CFA presented a better model fit than ESEM, confirming scale reliability and validity.
  • Network analysis indicated hyperarousal as a key link between PTSD symptoms and safety behaviours.

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Çimen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924f091c0ce034ddc350896https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045251396299
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