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Basic Research Article

Trauma exposure and psychometric properties of the life events checklist among adults in South Africa

Exposición al trauma y propiedades psicométricas de la Lista de chequeo de Eventos Vitales entre adultos de Sudáfrica

南非成年人生活事件清单的创伤暴露和心理测量特性

Anne Stevensona Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;b Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA;c Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marine Beltrand Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9385-1837View further author information
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Supriya Misrae Department of Public Health, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0389-1227View further author information
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Amantia A. Ametaja Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-0461View further author information
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Aletta Bronkhorstd Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa;f Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7226-1347View further author information
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Bizu Gelayea Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;b Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA;g Chester M. Pierce MD, Division of Global Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7934-548XView further author information
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Karestan C. Koenena Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;b Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2978-7655View further author information
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Adele Pretoriush Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8078-5853View further author information
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Dan J. Steinh Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;i SA MRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, University of Cape Town and Neuroscience Institute, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-7810View further author information
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Zukiswa Zingelaj Executive Dean’s Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nelson Mandela University, Gqebera, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3425-1145View further author information
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Article: 2172257 | Received 07 Sep 2022, Accepted 05 Jan 2023, Published online: 03 Feb 2023

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