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  • Trauma Studies
  • Cognitive Science

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  • Cognitive models effectively explain post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) phenomena and treatments.
  • Key assumptions of cognitive PTSD models require further empirical examination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between situational appraisals of meaning violation and PTSD symptomatology.
  • To determine if negative global beliefs mediate the impact of meaning violation on PTSD symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 130 college students with DSM-IV level trauma.
  • Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the data.

Main Results:

  • Appraisals of trauma violating beliefs and goals showed a significant association with PTSD.
  • The influence of belief and goal violation appraisals on PTSD symptoms was fully mediated by negative self and world beliefs.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support the cognitive worldview perspective on trauma.
  • The meaning individuals ascribe to traumatic events, especially meaning violation, is crucial for understanding PTSD development and maintenance.