PMID- 23090752
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131226
LR  - 20130426
IS  - 1520-6394 (Electronic)
IS  - 1091-4269 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 5
DP  - 2013 May
TI  - The role of attribution of trauma responsibility in posttraumatic stress disorder 
      following motor vehicle accidents.
PG  - 483-8
LID - 10.1002/da.22006 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are highly prevalent and associated 
      with adverse psychological outcomes. METHODS: The present study used data from 
      the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication (NCS-R) to examine the association 
      between injury, role in an MVA (driver/nondriver), attributions of responsibility 
      for the accident, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), amongst 165 MVA 
      survivors. RESULTS: Findings indicated that drivers with external attributions of 
      the MVA (i.e. who considered others to be at fault for the MVA) were 
      significantly more likely to have a diagnosis of PTSD than drivers with internal 
      attributions (i.e. considering themselves to be at fault) and nondrivers with 
      external attributions of the accident. Further, serious injury sustained in the 
      accident was related to greater likelihood of developing PTSD. CONCLUSIONS: 
      External attributions for the MVA among drivers, as well as serious injury during 
      the accident, were related to higher rates of PTSD. The present findings have 
      implications for models that highlight the importance of posttraumatic cognitions 
      in contributing to mental health following a traumatic event.
CI  - (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
FAU - Nickerson, Angela
AU  - Nickerson A
AD  - School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 
      Australia. a.nickerson@unsw.edu.au
FAU - Aderka, Idan M
AU  - Aderka IM
FAU - Bryant, Richard A
AU  - Bryant RA
FAU - Hofmann, Stefan G
AU  - Hofmann SG
LA  - eng
GR  - MH078308/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20121022
PL  - United States
TA  - Depress Anxiety
JT  - Depression and anxiety
JID - 9708816
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Survivors/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2012/10/24 06:00
MHDA- 2013/12/27 06:00
CRDT- 2012/10/24 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/07/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/09/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/10/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/12/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/da.22006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Depress Anxiety. 2013 May;30(5):483-8. doi: 10.1002/da.22006. Epub 2012 Oct 22.