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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 4/2011

01-08-2011 | Original Article

The Utility of Measuring Explanatory Flexibility in PTSD Research

Auteurs: Jeremy S. Joseph, Matt J. Gray

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 4/2011

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Abstract

This study explored how explanatory style and explanatory flexibility were related to each other and to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sixty-eight college students who had endorsed DSM-IV-TR PTSD Criteria A1 and A2 on the Life Events Checklist completed the Attributional Style Questionnaire as well as self-report measures of PTSD and depression. Explanatory flexibility demonstrated independence from explanatory style. In addition, explanatory flexibility, but not explanatory style, was associated with PTSD symptoms such that lower flexibility corresponded with higher levels of PTSD. In regressional analysis, explanatory flexibility also appeared to have the ability to predict outcome above and beyond other known predictors of PTSD. These results suggest that the malleability of one’s causal explanations for adversity may be more adaptive than habitual explanatory style.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Utility of Measuring Explanatory Flexibility in PTSD Research
Auteurs
Jeremy S. Joseph
Matt J. Gray
Publicatiedatum
01-08-2011
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-010-9301-7

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