A Validation Study of the Centrality of Event Scale-Korean Version

The Centrality of Event Scale(CES) was developed to measure how central an traumatic event is to a person's identity and life story by Berensten & Rubin(2006). The aim of this research is to validate the Korean version of the CES. The CES is administrated to 190 undergraduate students. This students also completed the Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale(PDS). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed one-three factor solution. The CES demonstrated satisfactory convergent validity which was supported by its significant positive correlations with the PDS and the BDI. Results demonstrated that the CES had good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The implications and limitations of this results are discussed.

keywords: the Centrality of Event Scale, traumatic event, validity, confirmatory factor analysis, 사건중심성척도, 외상적 사건, 타당도, 확인적 요인분석

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Vol.30 No.3

A Validation Study of the Centrality of Event Scale-Korean Version

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General