Assessing the psychometric properties of the world assumptions scale
Assessing the psychometric properties of the world assumptions scale
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DOI：
10.1002/jts.20343
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Park, Crystal
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作者：
Kaler, Matthew E.;Frazier, Patricia A.;Park, Crystal
创伤事件粉碎了幸存者对世界的基本假设，这一概念在创伤文献中已被接受为老生常谈，尽管对这一假设的测试提供了一幅有点复杂的图景。由于这项研究在很大程度上依赖于世界假设量表(WASS)，目前尚不清楚这些不一致的结果是由于假设世界理论的问题、该理论的不当测试，还是WASS的问题。研究收集了来自四所大学的742名本科生的数据，以评估该问卷的心理测量学特性。研究结果表明，该量表的几个缺陷，包括时间不稳定，以及关于结构效度的混合证据。对创伤研究的意义进行了讨论。
The notion that traumatic events shatter survivors' fundamental assumptions about the world has been accepted as a truism in the trauma literature, although tests of this hypothesis provide a somewhat mixed picture. Because this research has relied heavily on the World Assumptions Scale (WAS), it is unclear whether these inconsistent results are due to problems with assumptive world theory, improper tests of the theory, or problems with the WAS. Data were gathered from 742 undergraduate students at four universities to assess the psychometric properties of the WAS. Findings suggest several shortcomings of the WAS, including temporal instability, and mixed evidence regarding construct validity. Implications for trauma research are discussed.