The current study extends previous investigation of schizotypy as a vulnerability factor for trauma-related intrusions through the use of a clinical sample. Fifty people seeking psychological interventions after experiencing a distressing or traumatic event completed measures of positive schizotypy, posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology, peritraumatic dissociation, and mood. Individuals ...

The Cognitive Style Questionnaire (CSQ) measures the cognitive vulnerability factor featured in the hopelessness theory of depression. The CSQ has been used in over 30 published studies since its inception, yet detailed information about the psychometric and validity properties of this instrument has yet to be published. In this article, we describe the development of the CSQ and review reliabi...

To examine how stress affects cognitive functioning, individual differences in trait vulnerability (punishment sensitivity) and state reactivity (negative affect) to social evaluative threat were examined during concurrent reinforcement learning. Lower trait-level punishment sensitivity predicted better reward learning and poorer punishment learning; the opposite pattern was found in more punis...

In a communication network, several vulnerability measures are used to determine the resistance of the network to disruption of operation after the failure of certain stations or communication links. If the communication network is modeled as a simple, undirected, connected and unweighted graph G, then average lower independence number of a graph G can be considered as a measure of graph vulner...

A general method for the computation of various parameters measuring the vulnerability of a graph is introduced. Four measures of vulnerability are considered, i.e., the toughness, scattering number, vertex integrity and the size of a minimum balanced separator. We show how to compute these parameters by polynomial time algorithms for various classes of intersection graphs like permutation grap...

Fault detection and propagation in a computational grid requires a comprehensive framework that takes in consideration the various grid environmental conditions such as the asynchronous nature of communication and the uncertainty on the disseminated fault information. The paper presents a fault-tolerance framework that provides the necessary models to manage the local faulty behavior associated...

The role of cognitive vulnerability in the development of depressive symptoms in youth might depend on age and gender. The current study examined cognitive vulnerability models in relationship to depressive symptoms from a developmental perspective. For that purpose, 805 youth (aged 10-18, 59.9% female) completed self-report measures. Stress-reactive rumination was strongly related to depressiv...

Erosion is a major threat for coasts worldwide, beaches in particular, which constitute one of the most valuable coastal landforms. Vulnerability assessments related to beach erosion may contribute to planning measures to counteract erosion by identifying, quantifying and ranking vulnerability. Herein, we present a new index, the Beach Vulnerability Index (BVI), which combines simplicity in cal...

Potential predictors of incidence of specific phobia were investigated within the conceptual framework of the vulnerability-stress model. At two time points separated by approximately 17 months, a community sample of 1261 German women (18-25 years of age) completed a structured interview. A broad range of potential stress- and vulnerability-related predictors was recorded at initial assessment....