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标题：How am I doing compared to different standards? Comparative thinking and well-being following exposure to a vehicle-ramming attack
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作者：Nexhmedin Morina
期刊名称：European Journal of Psychotraumatology
印刷版ISSN：2000-8198
电子版ISSN：2000-8066
出版年度：2020
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1080/20008198.2020.1834179
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：Background: Exposure to potentially adverse events might intensify thinking about different comparison standards in relation to one’s own well-being. Objective: To examine how frequently survivors of a recent potentially traumatic event use different comparison standards to evaluate their current well-being. Method: A survey with 223 participants directly or indirectly exposed to a vehicle-ramming attack was conducted. Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, quality of life, and the sum score of the frequency of different types of comparison standards were assessed. The latter consisted of temporal, counterfactual, social, dimensional, and criteria-based comparisons. Results: In total, 98% of participants reported some form of comparative thinking during the last two weeks. The most frequent comparison types were temporal and dimensional comparisons, with 94 and 87% of participants reporting them, respectively. Notably, comparative thinking predicted unique variance in PTSD symptoms, over and above depressive symptoms. Conclusion: The results suggest that comparative thinking may be a significant factor in understanding psychological distress following exposure to aversive events. Replication of the results in larger samples and using longitudinal and experimental designs is clearly necessary. HIGHLIGHTS • Survivors of a vehicle-ramming attack frequently compared their current well-being to different comparison standards. • The most frequently used comparisons were temporal and dimensional comparisons. • Comparative thinking was a significant predictor of PTSD symptoms.
关键词：Comparison standards ; comparative thinking ; counterfactual ; well-being ; PTSD ; depression