Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/215372
Title: Anticipatory Traumatic Reaction: Scale Construction and Validation (Thesis Studies 2 and 3)
Contributor(s): Hopwood, Tanya  (author)orcid ; Schutte, Nicola  (supervisor)orcid ; Loi, Natasha  (supervisor)orcid ; Coventry, William  (supervisor)orcid 
Publication Date: 2018-02-22
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/215372
Abstract/Context: Two studies, with a total of 707 participants (recruited via a Qualtrics online survey), developed and examined the reliability and validity of a measure for Anticipatory Traumatic Reaction (ATR), a novel construct describing a form of distress that may occur in response to threat-related media reports and discussions. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a scale comprising three subscales: feelings related to future threat; preparatory thoughts and actions; and disruption to daily activities. Internal consistency was 0.93 for the overall ATR scale. The ATR scale demonstrated convergent validity through associations with negative affect, depression, anxiety, stress, neuroticism, and repetitive negative thinking. The scale showed discriminant validity in relationships to Big Five characteristics. The ATR scale had some overlap with a measure of post-traumatic stress disorder, but also showed substantial separate variance. The ATR scale will allow researchers to further investigate anticipatory traumatic reaction in the fields of trauma, clinical practice, and social psychology.
Publication Type: Dataset
Fields of Research (FOR): 170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessment
170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520304 Health psychology
520503 Personality and individual differences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO): 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology
Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Anticipatory traumatic reaction
Disaster
Indirect trauma
Media
PTSD
Trauma
Location Coordinates: northlimit=-9.1329795350948; southlimit=-44.361931315516; westlimit=111.05041354895; eastLimit=156.40197604895; projection=WGS84
Format: 2 SPSS .sav
Access rights: Open
Open Access Embargo: 2020-03-05
HERDC Category Description: X Dataset
Project: Anticipatory Traumatic Reaction
Dataset Managed By: School of Behavioural, Cognitive & Social Sciences
Rights Holder: University of New England
Rights Statement: Reuse restricted to academic/research purposes.
Dataset Stored at: Univeristy of New England
Primary Contact Details: Tanya Hopwood - thopwoo2@une.edu.au
Dataset Custodian Details: Tanya Hopwood - thopwoo2@une.edu.au
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