Table 3 Significant correlations between metaphor use and the experience of symptoms
From: Metaphorical language and psychopathological symptoms: a case study of trauma victims’ metaphor use
Metaphor Variables | Psychometric variables | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dissociation | Re-experiencing | Avoidance | Anxiety and hyperarousal | Impairment in functioning | |
Negative metaphors | n.s | r = .292, p = .049* | n.s | n.s | r = .462, p = .001** |
OTHERS | n.s | n.s | n.s | r=-.319 p = .030* | n.s |
SELF AND SELF | n.s | r = .385, p = .008** | n.s | r = .319 p = .031* | n.s |
SELF AND SOCIAL SITUATION | n.s | r = .308, p = .037* | n.s | n.s | n.s |
Emotional feelings and processes | n.s | r = .300, p = .043* | n.s | n.s | n.s |
Self-references | n.s | n.s | n.s | r = .325, p = .028* | n.s |