Causal Attributions and Post‐Traumatic Stress in Adolescents
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 34 (2) , 247-253
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb00982.x
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between causal attributions made by adolescent survivors of the Jupiter cruise ship sinking, and post‐traumatic symptomatology in the year following disaster. Evidence is presented that more internal causal attributions for negative and uncontrollable events during the incident are associated with greater post‐traumatic stress one year later. The findings are discussed with reference to an attributional model of shame.Keywords
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