The centrality of event scale: A measure of integrating a trauma into one's identity and its relation to post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms

被引：593

作者：

Berntsen, D

Rubin, DC

机构：

[1] Aarhus Univ, Dept Psychol, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

[2] Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27706 USA

来源：

BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY | 2006年 / 44卷 / 02期

关键词：

identity; trauma; PTSD; autobiographical memory; individual differences;

D O I：

10.1016/j.brat.2005.01.009

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

We introduce a new scale that measures how central an event is to a person's identity and life story. For the most stressful or traumatic event in a person's life, the full 20-item Centrality of Event Scale (CES) and the short 7-item scale are reliable (alpha's of .94 and .88, respectively) in a sample of 707 undergraduates. The scale correlates.38 with PTSD symptom severity and .23 with depression. The present findings are discussed in relation to previous work on individual differences related to PTSD symptoms. Possible connections between the CES and measures of maladaptive attributions and rumination are considered along with suggestions for future research. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：219 / 231

页数：13

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