@article{ref1,
title="Effects of attribution of responsibility for motor vehicle accidents on severity of PTSD symptoms, ways of coping, and recovery over six months",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="1999",
author="Hickling, E. J. and Blanchard, E. B. and Buckley, Todd C. and Taylor, A. E.",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="345-353",
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, we reexamined data from Blanchard and Hickling's (1997) prospective follow-up of 158 MVA survivors. Despite differences between the two samples (Delahanty sample recruited from hospitals 2-3 weeks post-MVA and predominantly male; our sample recruited from outpatient care 1-4 months post-MVA and predominantly female) we replicated Delahanty's findings: 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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1023/A:1024784711484",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1024784711484"
}