Metaphors, Trauma and Symptoms

4 Correlations between trauma victims’ metaphor use and severities of traumatization

4.1 Chapter introduction

In Chapter 3, we examined the multifaceted presentational features of trauma metaphors. While the study provided detailed accounts of how trauma victims organize and present their metaphorical ideas in quantitatively systematic ways, the focus was limited to contextual characteristics of linguistic variables. In Chapters 4 and 5, we will shift our focus from the interrelationships among metaphor variables to the interface between metaphor use and psychopathological experiences.

Chapter 4 presents an individual-level analysis of the correlations between trauma victims’ metaphor use and their severities of traumatization. As introduced ...