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A Naturalistic Study Of Narrative: Exploring The Choice And Impact Of Adversity Versus Other Narrative Topics, Sherry L. Hamby, Elizabeth Taylor, John H. Grych, Victoria Banyard
A Naturalistic Study Of Narrative: Exploring The Choice And Impact Of Adversity Versus Other Narrative Topics, Sherry L. Hamby, Elizabeth Taylor, John H. Grych, Victoria Banyard
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Objective: Many narrative interventions require participants to write about trauma and adverse experiences, but some research suggests that open-ended topic prompts can also be effective. In this study, we investigated the topics participants chose to write about in a values-narrative program that offered wide discretion in topic and theme, and explored how that was associated with perceptions of investment and impact. Method: Participants were 717 individuals (68% women) from the rural South, United States who had participated in a values-narrative program. Results: Almost half of the narratives (44%) focused on an adverse experience as part of the development of their …
Development Of The Early Childhood Traumatic Stress Screen, Sara Elisabeth Harris
Development Of The Early Childhood Traumatic Stress Screen, Sara Elisabeth Harris
Dissertations (1934 -)
The study aimed to develop a brief screening instrument to assess symptoms associated with potentially traumatic experiences (PTE) in very young children (under 6). Potential items for the Early Childhood Traumatic Stress Screen (ECTSS) were sampled from each of the major content areas implicated in trauma. The items underwent a principle component analysis, which produced a 34-item screening measure with four reliable factors and one sub-scale assessing response style. All subscales and the overall trauma composite score significantly correlated with pre-established measures of traumatic stress in very young children, and a receiver operating characteristics curve analysis identified a cut-score with …