Validation of the Malay version of the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 among Malaysian undergraduates

Tan YK 1 , Siau CS 2 , Chan LF 3 , Kõlves K 4 , Zhang J 5 , Ho MC 6 Show all authors , Chua BS 7 , Sulong RM 8 , Bono SA 9 , Fitriana M 10 , Jamaludin ALBH 11 , Maswan NABM 11 , Yahya AN 12 , Ibrahim N 13

Affiliations 

  • 1 Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: [email protected]
  • 3 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Mt. Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
  • 5 Shandong University School of Public Health, Jinan, China; State University of New York Buffalo State University Department of Sociology, New York, USA
  • 6 Centre for Pre-U Studies, UCSI University (Springhill Campus), Port Dickson, Malaysia
  • 7 Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 8 Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
  • 9 School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia
  • 10 Research Management Centre, International University of Malaya-Wales, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 11 Department of General Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts (FoSSLA), UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 12 Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 13 Centre for Healthy Aging and Wellness (H-Care), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Institute of Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Asian J Psychiatr, 2023 Nov;89:103772.
PMID: 37748229 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103772

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to validate the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5) among Malaysian undergraduates (N = 500; mean age = 21.66 ± 1.57), of which 90.4% had ever experienced a lifetime traumatic event. Cronbach's alpha of .87 (95% CI [.86, .89]) and McDonald's omega of .89 (95% CI [.89, .93]) indicated good reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis based on a six-factor structure showed the best fit. The measurement invariance showed that the six-factor structure was similar across sexes. Therefore, the Malay LEC-5 is a valid and reliable instrument to screen for traumatic events among Malaysian undergraduates.

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