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Psychological and clinical correlates of the Centrality of Event Scale: A systematic review.
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- Default mode network resting-state functional connectivity and event centrality in adult acute trauma survivors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The First Application of Trauma Event Centrality to Neurobiological Research: Assessing Cortisol Reactivity and Moderating Effects of Interpersonal Trauma.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Potentially traumatic life events and mental health conditions. Identifying the role of resilience in a cross-sectional study from Northwestern Germany.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Predictors of Perceived Posttraumatic Growth and Depreciation as Outcomes of Experienced Discrimination.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Centrality of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent post-traumatic growth in nurses: Exploring the moderating role of social connectedness.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Parents' Vicarious Event Centrality of Their Child's Interpersonal Trauma.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- Profiles of Trauma Exposure Type and Its Associations With Pain-Related Outcomes Among Adults With Chronic Pain: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- A role for event centrality in prolonged grief disorder.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A history of PTSD changes the way people express themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- The Predictive Utility of Trauma Subtypes in the Assessment of Mental Health Outcomes for Persons Resettled as Refugees.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- Characteristics of positive and negative autobiographical memories central to identity: emotionality, vividness, rehearsal, rumination, and reflection.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression after the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas Market terrorist attack: a comparison of exposed and non-exposed police personnel.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Event centrality and posttraumatic stress symptoms after traumatic injury: A longitudinal investigation.Journal of traumatic stress · 2022Article
- Adverse childhood experiences in patients with severe health anxiety: No evidence for an increased frequency compared to patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2022Article
- The Persian version of the centrality of event scale (CES): Assessment of validity and reliability among Iranian university students.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- Psilocybin for Trauma-Related Disorders.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022Review
- Centrality of the childhood cancer experience and its relation to post-traumatic stress and growth.Psycho-oncology · 2021Article
- Do psychological strengths protect college students confined by COVID-19 to emotional distress? The role of gender.Personality and individual differences · 2021Article
- The Centrality of Events, Religion, Spirituality, and Subjective Well-Being in Latin American Jewish Immigrants in Israel.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- The Autobiographical Recollection Test (ART): A Measure of Individual Differences in Autobiographical Memory.Journal of applied research in memory and cognition · 2019Article
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Abstract
The Centrality of Event Scale (CES) was introduced to examine the extent to which a traumatic or stressful event is perceived as central to an individual's identity and life story, and how this relates to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In addition, the CES has been examined in relation to a range of other conditions and dispositions. We present a systematic review of the correlates of the CES. Results from 92 publications resulted in 25 measurement categories in the six theoretical domains of trauma, negative affect and distress, autobiographical memory, personality, positive affect, and gender. The mean weighted correlations of the 25 measurement categories ranged from -.17 to .55, with standard errors from .01 to .02, allowing us to distinguish empirically among effects. Consistent with the theoretical motivation for the CES and predictions predating the review, the CES correlated positively with a range of measures, correlating most highly with measures related to trauma, PTSD, grief, and autobiographical memory. The findings show that the CES probes aspects of autobiographical memory of broad relevance to clinical disorders, and with specific implications for theories of PTSD.
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