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The Posttraumatic Cognitive Appraisal Inventory (PTCAI) is a new, reliable tool for assessing how accidental trauma survivors think about their experiences. It measures both negative appraisals like loss and positive ones such as self-sense.

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  • Trauma Studies
  • Measurement in Health

Background:

  • Cognitive appraisal significantly influences psychological outcomes following trauma.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the nuances of cognitive appraisal in accidental trauma survivors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Posttraumatic Cognitive Appraisal Inventory (PTCAI).
  • To assess the reliability and validity of the PTCAI for accidental trauma survivors.

Main Methods:

  • Initial item pool generation based on interviews and expert feedback.
  • Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on two independent samples of trauma survivors.
  • Reliability (internal consistency, test-retest) and validity (concurrent) were assessed.

Main Results:

  • The PTCAI was reduced to 27 items, forming a five-factor structure that explained 63.931% of the variance.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis supported a five-factor second-order model.
  • Negative appraisals (loss, feeling threatened) and positive appraisals (self-sense, positively face, relationships) were identified, with self-sense being most prominent.
  • The PTCAI demonstrated high reliability and concurrent validity.

Conclusions:

  • The PTCAI is a psychometrically sound instrument for evaluating cognitive appraisals in accidental trauma survivors.
  • The findings highlight the importance of both negative and positive cognitive appraisals in the trauma recovery process.