"Imagine the negative event or possibility in question and feel the intensity of the feeling you experience in catastrophizing about it. While keying into your negative feeling, rank how bad the event in question feels on the 10-point negative values scale. Focus now on rationally assessing how bad the possibility really is. When you think of very bad things like earthquakes and tsunamis, is this truly as bad as"
"With this data, you can figure out how much you are exaggerating the negativity of the possible outcome. You can do this simply by subtracting the rational value (RV) you assessed in Step 4 from the irrational value (IrV) you assessed in Step 3. Hence,"
The Catastrophizing Index (CI) uses a 0–10 negative values scale, where 10 represents the worst possible outcome. First, identify and feel the negative possibility and rate its felt negativity (IrV). Next, assess the realistic severity of the possibility and rate it rationally (RV). Subtract RV from IrV to quantify the degree of exaggeration. That CI score represents how much catastrophizing inflates perceived negativity and indicates the potential to act courageously by reducing exaggeration. The measurement enables tracking progress in overcoming catastrophizing and evaluating gains in courage when confronting uncertain outcomes.
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