The Pave Project Report - Queen's University Belfast

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The PAVE Project Report
2.2. THE EFFECTIVENESS EXPLORATION
PARTICIPANTS
A
total of 75 men and women took part in the exploration of effectiveness of
services. All participants had been affected by the Troubles in a variety of
ways and at the time of the study were using one or more of the services offered by
the groups.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
T
he research instrument consisted of the following 5 parts:
1. For the initial assessment, the Personal Experience and Impact of the Troubles
Questionnaire (PEIT-Q) (Dillenburger, Fargas, & Akhonzada, 2005) was
designed to gather data regarding age, gender, socio-demographic background,
details of traumatic experience(s), and details of services received (adapted
from Dillenburger, 1992). The PEIT-Q included a 7-point Likert scale to
assess social validity of services (i.e., social significance of goals, social
appropriateness of procedures, and social importance of intervention)
(Appendix 3). A short version PEIT-Q was used for subsequent assessments,
requesting information about the services received since the previous
assessment (Appendix 4).