APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Testing an Organizational Framework for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Correlates: The Roles of Narrative Centrality and Negative Affectivity
- Shana Southard-Dobbs
Lander University - Adriel Boals
University of North Texas - Eric Schuler
University of North Texas - Rachael Cruze
University of North Texas - Teah-Marie Bynion
University of Arkansas
Abstract
Using structural equation modeling techniques, we tested and refined a conceptual framework for organizing posttraumatic stress disorder correlates (Rubin, Boals, & Hoyle, 2014)that centers on the influence of narrative centrality (construal of a traumatic experience as central to one’s identity and to the life story) and negative affectivity.
Applied Experimental