دورية أكاديمية
Perceived Causal Relations: Novel Methodology for Assessing Client Attributions about Causal Associations between Variables Including Symptoms and Functional Impairment
| العنوان: | Perceived Causal Relations: Novel Methodology for Assessing Client Attributions about Causal Associations between Variables Including Symptoms and Functional Impairment |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Frewen, Paul A., Allen, Samantha L., Lanius, Ruth A., Neufeld, Richard W. J. |
| المصدر: | Assessment. Dec 2012 19(4):480-493. |
| الإتاحة: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.comTest |
| تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2012 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| الواصفات: | Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Comorbidity, Mental Disorders, Etiology, Psychological Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Risk, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychometrics, Test Validity, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | Canada (London) |
| معرفات التقييم و الدراسة: | Beck Depression Inventory |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1073191111418297 |
| تدمد: | 1073-1911 |
| مستخلص: | Researchers have argued that the investigation of causal interrelationships between symptoms may help explain the high comorbidity rate between certain psychiatric disorders. Clients' own attributions concerning the causal interrelationships linking the co-occurrence of their symptoms represent data that may inform their clinical case conceptualization, treatment, and psychological theory regarding the etiology of comorbid disorders. The present study developed and evaluated a novel psychological assessment methodology for measuring Perceived Causal Relations (PCR) and examined its psychometric properties as applied to the question of whether posttraumatic stress and anxiety symptoms represent causal risk factors for depressive symptoms in 225 undergraduates. Participants attributed their symptoms of anxiety and posttraumatic reexperiencing as significant causes of their depressive symptoms. Exploratory analyses identified a listing of symptoms reliably attributed as significant causes of other symptoms and functional impairment, as well as a listing of symptoms reliably attributed as significant effects (outcomes) of other symptoms and functional impairment. The PCR method has promise as an idiographic approach to assessing the causes and consequences of comorbid psychiatric symptoms and associated functional impairment. Research is required to assess the relevance and replicate these findings in distinct psychiatric groups experiencing various symptomatic presentations. Future research may also examine PCR ratings associating other individual differences, for example, between measures of history (e.g., life events), life choices, and personality. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 42 |
| Entry Date: | 2012 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ984476 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 1073-1911 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/1073191111418297 |