Is the Centralization of Potentially Traumatic Events Always Negative? An Expansion of the Centrality of Events Scale

Autor/in	Broadbridge, Carissa L.
Titel	Is the Centralization of Potentially Traumatic Events Always Negative? An Expansion of the Centrality of Events Scale
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32 (2018) 3, S.315-325 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Broadbridge, Carissa L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3403
Schlagwörter	Autobiographies; Memory; Models; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Undergraduate Students; Measures (Individuals); Neurosis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Gedächtnis; Analogiemodell; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Messdaten; Neurose
Abstract	The autobiographical memory model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) argues that centralizing a traumatic event into one's life story is a maladaptive process associated with increased PTSD symptoms. Current measures of event centralization make no reference to whether individuals centralize the event in a positive or negative way. This study examined 400 undergraduate participants using a modified version of the Centrality of Events Scale composed of 2 factors measuring both positive and negative event centralization. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the 2-factor structure. Negative event centralization was associated with PTSD symptoms to a greater degree than was positive event centralization, and negative event centralization mediated the relationship between neuroticism and PTSD symptoms. Combined, these results suggest that the effect of event centralization is dependent on the valence with which the individual centralizes the event. The relationship shown between negative event centralization and PTSD symptoms supports the autobiographical memory model of PTSD. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01