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Hindi Research Article, J Trauma Stress Disor Treat Vol: 1 Issue: 4
Investigating the Relationships between Self-Consistency, Trauma-Themed Self-Concept and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
| Tal Moore1* and Laura Jobson2 |
| 1Central Norfolk Youth Service, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
| 2Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge UK and University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK |
| Corresponding author : Tal Moore " Clinical Psychologist, Central Norfolk Youth Service, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, 80 St Stephens Road, Norwich NR1 3RE Tel: +44 1603591158; Fax: +44 1603 01603 593752 E-mail: tal.moore@nsft.nhs.uk |
| Received: March 14, 2014 Accepted: June 20, 2014 Published: June 27, 2014 |
| Citation: Moore T, Jobson L (2014) Investigating the Relationships between Self-Consistency, Trauma-Themed Self-Concept and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 3:4. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000131 |
Abstract
Investigating the Relationships between Self-Consistency, Trauma-Themed Self-Concept and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships between self-consistency, trauma-themed self-concept and PTSD symptom severity. Participants (N = 97) completed the Centrality of Event Scale, a measure of self-consistency and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. As previously found, trauma-themed self-concept was found to be positively associated with PTSD symptom severity. Self-consistency was found to be negatively associated with PTSD symptom severity and trauma-themed self-concept. Mediation analyses indicated that trauma-themed self-concept mediated the relationship between self-consistency and PTSD symptom severity. The findings suggest that self-consistency is related to better posttraumatic psychological adjustment.
