TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Effects of attribution of responsibility for motor vehicle accidents on severity of PTSD symptoms, ways of coping, and recovery over six months
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Hickling, E. J.
A1  - Blanchard, E. B.
A1  - Buckley, Todd C.
A1  - Taylor, A. E.
SP  - 345
EP  - 353
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1024784711484
ID  - ref1
ER  -