The Persian version of the centrality of event scale (CES): Assessment of validity and reliability among Iranian university students

Azadfar, Zahra; Khosravi, Zohreh; Bijari, Azam Farah; Abdollahi, Abbas

doi:10.1002/brb3.2448

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“…The 7-item version of this scale has shown good psychometric properties (with alphas between .88 and .93) in related studies (Berntsen & Rubin, 2006;Vermeulen et al, 2020). Recently, the Persian version of the 7-item CES has been validated in Iran and indicated good psychometric properties with Cronbach's alpha of .86 (Azadfar et al, 2022).…”

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Psychometric properties of the full‐form and short‐form versions of the Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale (ISLES) among Iranian university students

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Background: Making adaptive meaning of stressful life experiences has been identified as an important determinant of adjustment. The Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale (ISLES) was developed to assess the outcome of meaning-making processes in the face of negative events. Aims:The psychometric properties of this scale have not been measured in Iranian populations. The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the 16-item and 6-item versions of ISLES with a sample of 502 university students who had experienced relationship dissolution.Results: Findings support a two-factor structure with acceptable validity and reliability. Positive correlations between the scores of ISLES with Centrality of Event Scale and PTSD symptoms provided evidence of concurrent validity. Conclusion:The results of measurement invariance indicated that both the 16-item and 6-item versions of ISLES are gender invariant and can be used to assess meaningmade in both men and women.

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“…This does not necessarily imply that a two-factor solution needs to always be applied when using the CES short form. A unidimensional scale might be sufficient when focusing on a person's most stressful or traumatic life event (e.g., Galán et al, 2017;Vagos et al, 2018;Vermeulen et al, 2020;Azadfar et al, 2022), because for highly stressful or traumatic events, one would expect a relatively similar, strong endorsement of all CES items.…”

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“…It is unclear, however, whether other CFA models with more than one factor were tested, because the authors reported results for the single factor solutions only. The same holds for a study conducted by Azadfar et al (2022). These authors tested the unidimensional structure of the CES short form (and only the single factor structure) in a sample of Iranian university students with a history of at least one romantic breakup, on which the CES measure was based on.…”

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A multilevel factor analysis of the short form of the Centrality of Event Scale

Zimprich,

Pociūnaitė,

Wolf

2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThe Centrality of Event Scale (CES) has frequently been used to measure the degree to which positive and negative life events are perceived central to a person's identity and life story; and previous research suggests that individuals rate their most positive memory as more central compared to their most negative one. When comparing the centrality of two (or more) memories within individuals, one needs to ensure that the CES (or its short form) is equally valid for different types of events (i.e., positive and negative) as well as on different levels of analyses (i.e., on the between-person and the within-person level), pointing to the issue of measurement invariance.MethodsThree-hundred sixty-five adults (18–89 years of age) reported up to ten positive and up to ten negative autobiographical memories. For each memory reported, participants completed the seven-item short form of the CES, which measures three different components of centrality: Events can form a central component of identity (two items), a turning point in the life story (three items), and a reference point for everyday inferences (two items).ResultsBased on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we found a two-factor structure (Self-Perception and Life-Course) to fit the data best at both levels of analyses and for both positive and negative events. Strict measurement invariance could be applied for positive and negative events at between-person level and at within-person level. The two factors, which measure the impact of an event on either a person's self-perception or their (future) life course, were rated higher for positive compared to negative memories. This difference, however, was stronger for the self-perception factor.DiscussionThe present study provides a first examination of the factorial structure of the CES short form on two levels (within and between persons) as well as for two types of life events (positive and negative). Whereas, a unidimensional scale might be sufficient to measure the centrality of stressful or traumatic life events, a more fine-graded measure seems better suited to understand the different roles of positive and negative life events for a person's identity and life story.

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“… 3. Berntsen and Rubin’s concept is event centrality. Some scholars, however, also use the term ‘event centralising’ (see, for example, Azadfar et al, 2022; Broadbridge, 2018). This makes sense because event centralising is the process that individuals actively engage in that gives rise to event centrality. …”

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Event centrality and conflict-related sexual violence: A new application of the Centrality of Event Scale (CES)

Clark

Jefferies

Ungar

2022

International Review of Victimology

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Berntsen and Rubin’s Centrality of Event Scale (CES) has been used in many different studies. This interdisciplinary and exploratory article is the first to apply the scale and to analyse event centrality in the context of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). It draws on a research sample of 449 victims-/survivors of CRSV in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Colombia and Uganda. Existing research on event centrality has mainly focused on the concept’s relationship with post-traumatic stress disorder and/or post-traumatic growth. This article, in contrast, does something new, by examining associations between high event centrality, resilience, well-being and experienced consequences of CRSV, as well as ethnicity and leadership. Its analyses strongly accentuate crucial contextual dimensions of event centrality, in turn highlighting that the concept has wider implications for policy and interventions aimed at supporting those who have suffered CRSV. Ultimately, the article juxtaposes event centrality with a ‘survivor-centred approach’ to CRSV, using the former to argue for a reframing of the latter. This reframing means giving greater attention to the social ecologies (environments) that shape legacies of sexual violence in conflict.

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The Persian version of the centrality of event scale (CES): Assessment of validity and reliability among Iranian university students

Cited by 4 publications

References 61 publications

Psychometric properties of the full‐form and short‐form versions of the Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale (ISLES) among Iranian university students

Psychometric properties of the full‐form and short‐form versions of the Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale (ISLES) among Iranian university students

A multilevel factor analysis of the short form of the Centrality of Event Scale

Event centrality and conflict-related sexual violence: A new application of the Centrality of Event Scale (CES)

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