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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
This article describes the psychometric properties of a novel questionnaire, i.e. the Trauma Relevant Assumptions Scale (TRAS). The added value of the TRAS over previous trauma relevant belief questionnaires is that the TRAS enables measuring valence and rigidity of beliefs simultaneously. Both aspects are thought to be predictive of the development of chronic PTSD symptoms. For the exploratory factor analysis, the TRAS was administered to 309 adult volunteers. Principal components analysis yielded two factors: Assumptions about Self and Assumptions about the World. The two-factor structure was confirmed in a sample of 185 traumatized individuals. The TRAS seems to be a valid and reliable instrument, which is strongly related to post-trauma symptoms and has good discriminative validity. Apart from research settings, the TRAS may also be suitable in therapeutic settings to identify the severity of dysfunctional assumptions, and to assess the progress in change from negative assumptions to more positive assumptions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0887-6185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1496-509
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-8-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Anxiety Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Depressive Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Factor Analysis, Statistical, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Life Change Events, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Personality Inventory, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Principal Component Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Psychometrics, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Self Concept, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:18424063-Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Psychometric properties of the Trauma Relevant Assumptions Scale.
pubmed:affiliation
Maastricht University, Department of Medical, Clinical and Experimental Psychology, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. N.Buck@erasmusmc.NL
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study