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hypothesized. Prior research indicates that individuals with greater trauma history
should have lower complexity scores than individuals with few traumatic experiences
(Cason, 2001).
Third, for people who report a significant trauma history, did the type of trauma
show differential effects on the social versus life-event repertory grid? For example,
would people who report a social trauma (e.g., sexual assault) show less complexity
specifically on social grids? Similarly, would people who report a non-social trauma
(e.g., natural disaster) show less complexity specifically on LERGs? Here, trauma type
may be acting as a moderating variable. Past research suggests that people with
trauma in general would have less complex LERGs (Sewell, 1996; Sewell, et al., 1996).
However, this finding has failed to be replicated on sexual assault survivors (Moes &
Sewell, 1994). Given that the present study used both social grids and LERGs, the
possible inconsistency between grid types and trauma type was separated (Gara,
Woolfolk, & Allen, 2002).
Fourth, previous findings indicate that individuals with trauma history tend to rate
experiences in extreme terms (Sewell, 1996; Sewell, et al., 1996). Similar results were
expected from the present study. It was predicted that type of trauma would affect
extremity scores on the respective grid type.
Fifth, would there be gender differences in complexity and extremity of social
grids and LERGs? Previously, repertory grid research on trauma has been gender
consistent. For example, studies examining veteran populations include primarily men
and sexual assault studies include primarily women. It is possible that females could
have higher social grid complexity scores than males. The nature of the present study11
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Shafenberg, Stacey. Cognitive Complexity and Construct Extremity in Social and Life Event Construing in Persons with Varied Trauma History, thesis, December 2006; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5433/m1/15/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .