Berntsen Dorthe, Rubin David C
Department of psychology, University of Aarhus, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Behav Res Ther. 2006 Feb;44(2):219-31. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.01.009.
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.
我们引入了一种新的量表,用于衡量一个事件对于个人身份认同和人生故事的核心程度。对于一个人生活中压力最大或最具创伤性的事件,在707名本科生样本中,完整的20项事件核心程度量表(CES)和简短的7项量表都是可靠的(信度系数分别为0.94和0.88)。该量表与创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)症状严重程度的相关系数为0.38,与抑郁的相关系数为0.23。我们结合先前关于与PTSD症状相关的个体差异的研究成果,对当前的研究发现进行了讨论。同时,我们考虑了CES与适应不良归因及反复思考测量之间的可能联系,并提出了未来研究的建议。