Questionnaire

Please indicate how often you think in the following ways when facing intense, threatening, or stressful situations.


		(Almost) Never	Rarely	Occassionally	Frequently	(Almost) Always
1.	I feel that I am the one who is responsible for what has happened.	1	2	3	4	5
2.	I think that basically the cause must lie within myself.	1	2	3	4	5
3.	I think that I have to accept that this has happened.	1	2	3	4	5
4.	I think that I have to accept the situation.	1	2	3	4	5
5.	I often think about how I feel about what I have experienced.	1	2	3	4	5
6.	I am preoccupied with what I think and feel about what I have experienced.	1	2	3	4	5
7.	I think of pleasant things that have nothing to do with it.	1	2	3	4	5
8.	I think of something nice instead of what has happened.	1	2	3	4	5
9.	I think about how to change the situation.	1	2	3	4	5
10.	I think about a plan of what I can do best.	1	2	3	4	5
11.	I think I can learn something from the situation.	1	2	3	4	5
12.	I think that I can become a stronger person as a result of what has happened.	1	2	3	4	5
13.	I think that it hasn’t been too bad compared to other things.	1	2	3	4	5
14.	I tell myself that there are worse things in life.	1	2	3	4	5
15.	I keep thinking about how terrible it is what I have experienced.	1	2	3	4	5
16.	I continually think how horrible the situation has been.	1	2	3	4	5
17.	I feel that others are responsible for what has happened.	1	2	3	4	5
18.	I feel that basically the cause lies with others.	1	2	3	4	5