Citation

Foreman EI, Ellis HD, Beavan D. Br. J. Clin. Psychol. 1983; 22(Pt 3): 223-224.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, British Psychological Society)

DOI

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PMID

6626796

Abstract

On the basis of their own reports, accident victims attending a casualty department were independently assigned either to a causal group (n = 25), i.e. apparently culpable in causing their accident, or a non-causal group (n = 25). Comparisons were made between these two groups of patients on: (1) sociodemographic characteristics; (2) locus of control; (3) recent life-events; and (4) cognitive failures. The groups differed only in their tendency to perceive locus of control as being internal (causal group) or external (non-causal group).

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