@article{ref1,
title="Attribution of Blame in Accidental and Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury,",
journal="Rehabilitation psychology",
year="2003",
author="Hart, Tessa and Bogner, Jennifer A. and Whyte, John and Polansky, Marcia",
volume="48",
number="2",
pages="86-92",
abstract="Objective: To study reliability and validity of blame attribution following acute moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by violence versus accident. Study Design: Prospective study with test-retest component, comparing groups with violent versus accidental injuries as determined by self-report and chart review. Participants: Fifty-seven persons in acute rehabilitation for moderate to severe TBI. Measure: Eight-item Blame Attribution Questionnaire. Results: Blame attribution was reliable, even for participants with severe TBI. Violence and accident groups apportioned different amounts of blame to other people; concern with cause of injury and degree of self-blame showed less striking differences. Conclusions: Blame of others, which may increase risk of adverse psychological outcome, is strongest in those with violence-related TBI. Self-blame is not as strongly related to external circumstances and could signal a constructive coping mechanism.<p />",
language="",
issn="0090-5550",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}