Citation

Joseph SA, Brewin CR, Yule W, Williams R. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 1993; 34(2): 247-253.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8444995

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.

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