Is the centralization of potentially traumatic events always negative? An expansion of the Centrality of Events Scale

The autobiographical memory model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) argues that centralizing a traumatic event into
one’s life story is a maladaptive process associated with increased PTSD symptoms. Current measures of event centralization
make no reference to whether individuals centralize the event in a positive or negative way. This study examined 400 undergraduate
participants using a modified version of the…