Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Brain Behav. 2022 Jan;12(1):e32448. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2448. Epub 2021 Nov 25.
Event centrality, the extent to which an experience is perceived as a central event in one's life, has been found to be a strong correlate of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The centrality of event scale (CES) is commonly used in different conditions and cultures to measure trauma-related effects. However, the psychometric properties of this scale have not been investigated in the Iranian context.
The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Persian translation of the 7-item CES in a sample of 525 university students with a history of a romantic breakup.
Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a one-factor structure. The CES score was positively correlated with psychological inflexibility and PTSD symptoms. The measurement invariance analyses showed that the 7-item CES is gender invariant and can be used for both men and women.
Findings supported the good psychometric properties of the 7-item CES for measuring event centrality in Iranian university students.
事件中心性是指一个人将某种经历视为其生活中的一个中心事件的程度,它与创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)有很强的相关性。事件中心性量表(CES)常用于不同的情况和文化中,以衡量与创伤相关的影响。然而,该量表在伊朗背景下的心理测量学特性尚未得到研究。
本研究在 525 名有浪漫关系破裂经历的大学生样本中,检验了 7 项 CES 波斯语翻译的心理测量学特性。
验证性因素分析证实了单因素结构。CES 得分与心理灵活性和 PTSD 症状呈正相关。测量不变性分析表明,7 项 CES 具有性别不变性,可用于男性和女性。
研究结果支持 7 项 CES 在伊朗大学生中测量事件中心性的良好心理测量学特性。