Development and validation of the Stressful Experiences in Transit Questionnaire (SET-Q) and its Short Form (SET-SF)

Figures & data

Table 1. Proportion and distribution of stressful experiences by categories.

Measure	k	M	SD	Mdn	Min	Max
SET-Q total score	47	13.38	6.79	13	0	34
SET general	5	2.74	1.11	3	0	5
SET smugglers	10	2.16	1.66	2	0	7
SET police	5	1.77	1.43	1	0	5
SET detention	14	3.75	3.67	3	0	13
SET deportation	8	1.48	1.81	1	0	8
SET local population	5	1.47	1.46	1	0	5
SET-SF	18	9.10	3.41	9	0	16

k – number of items, Mdn – Median value, SET-Q – Stressful Events in Transit Questionnaire, SET-SF – Stressful Events in Transit Questionnaire – Short Form.

Table 2. Means and standard deviations of measures of psychological symptomatology and correlations with SET-Q.

Measure	HTQ Part IV PTSD	HTQ Part IV SPFS	HLCL Anxiety	HSCL Depression	BDI-II
SET-Q total score	.19**	.16*	.12	.12	.12
SET General	.14*	.14*	.10	.12	.12
SET Smugglers	.09	.09	.05	.07	.11
SET Police	.05	.02	.09	.03	−.01
SET Detention	.13*	.11	.05	.05	.04
SET Deportation	.18**	.12	.11	.11	.09
SET Local communities	.06	.10	.07	.09	.14*
SET-SF	.16**	.17**	.11	.11	.13^†
M	2.52	2.25	2.19	2.40	1.11
SD	.60	.58	.79	.69	.60

* p < .05, ** p < .01, ^† p = .051.

SET-Q – Stressful Events in Transit Questionnaire, SET-SF – Stressful Events in Transit Questionnaire – Short Form, HTQ Part IV PTSD – HTQ Part IV Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, HTQ Part IV SPFS – Self-Perception of Functioning scales, HLCL Anxiety – Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 Anxiety, HLCL Depression – Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 Depression, BDI-II – Beck Depression Inventory – II.

Table 3. Results of hierarchical regressions predicting symptomatology with HTQ Part I and SET-Q.

	Standardized regression coefficients
Variable	HTQ Part IV PTSD	HTQ Part IV SPFS	HLCL Anxiety	HSCL Depression	BDI-II
Step 1
HTQ Part I	.24***	.17**	.21**	.25***	.25***
F	13.75***	6.81**	10.04**	14.78***	14.36***
R^2	.06***	.03**	.04**	.06***	.06***
Step 2
HTQ Part I	.22***	.16*	.20**	.24***	.24***
SET-Q	.16**	.15*	.10	.10	.10
F	10.28***	6.01**	6.13**	8.53***	8.19***
ΔR^2	.03**	.02*	.01	.01	.01

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

SET-Q – Stressful Events in Transit Questionnaire, SET-SF – Stressful Events in Transit Questionnaire – Short Form, HTQ Part IV PTSD – HTQ Part IV Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, HTQ Part IV SPFS – Self-Perception of Functioning scales, HLCL Anxiety – Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 Anxiety, HLCL Depression – Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 Depression, BDI-II – Beck Depression Inventory – II.