Effects of attribution of responsibility for motor vehicle accidents on severity of PTSD symptoms, ways of coping, and recovery over six months.

Author(s)
Hickling, E.J. Blanchard, E.B. Buckley, T.C. & Taylor, A.E.
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Abstract

In light of Delahanty et al.'s (1997) identification of attribution of responsibility for a motor vehicle accident (MVA) as a powerful determinant of initial level of distress from the trauma and of early remission of PTSD, the authors re-examined data from Blanchard and Hickling's (1997) prospective follow-up of 158 MVA survivors. Despite differences between the two samples (Delahanty sample recruited from hospital 2-3 weeks post-MVA and predominantly male; the authors' sample recruited from outpatient care 104 months post-MVA and predominenantly female) Delahanty's findings were replicated; those with PTSD who blame themselves for the MVA are less symptomatic initially and recover more rapidly in the first 6 months than those with PTSD who blame another party for the accident. (A)

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991167 ST [electronic version only]
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Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 12 (1999), No. 2 (April), p. 345-353, 16 ref.

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