Which of the Following Statements Accurately Summarizes Findings from Research

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes findings from research on the narration of personally experienced traumatic events?

• A) Narration of trauma does not help the individual cope.
• B) Narration of trauma improves coping, but it is unclear why this happens.
• C) Narration of trauma only improves coping among individuals who have high levels of self-complexity.
• D) Narration of trauma primarily improves coping among those individuals who seek out cause-effect sequences in their story about the past.

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Definitions:

Chi-square Distribution

A probability distribution commonly used in statistical significance tests.

Quantity

A property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, often measured and expressed as a number.

Confidence Interval

A range of values derived from sample data that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, with a specified level of confidence.

Population Variance

The measurement of how data points in an entire population are spread out from the mean of the population.