PMID- 9256556
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970929
LR  - 20190817
IS  - 0022-006X (Print)
IS  - 0022-006X (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 4
DP  - 1997 Aug
TI  - Acute and chronic distress and posttraumatic stress disorder as a function of 
      responsibility for serious motor vehicle accidents.
PG  - 560-7
AB  - In this study on the effects of attributions of responsibility for traumatic 
      events, stress, coping, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were 
      measured, including intrusive thoughts among 130 victims of serious motor vehicle 
      accidents (MVAs) 14-21 days and 3, 6, and 12 months after their accident. MVA 
      victims and 43 control participants were categorized by accident and attribution 
      of responsibility for their accidents (self-responsible, other-responsible, and 
      control). Although initially all MVA victims reported higher levels of intrusive 
      thoughts and were more likely to meet criteria for PTSD diagnoses, only 
      other-responsible participants continued to demonstrate increased distress 6 and 
      12 months postaccident. Self-responsible participants used more self-blame coping 
      than other-responsible participants, although within the self-responsible group, 
      use of self-blame was associated with more distress.
FAU - Delahanty, D L
AU  - Delahanty DL
AD  - Department of Behavioral Medicine and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer 
      Institute, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
FAU - Herberman, H B
AU  - Herberman HB
FAU - Craig, K J
AU  - Craig KJ
FAU - Hayward, M C
AU  - Hayward MC
FAU - Fullerton, C S
AU  - Fullerton CS
FAU - Ursano, R J
AU  - Ursano RJ
FAU - Baum, A
AU  - Baum A
LA  - eng
GR  - NIMH 40106/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Consult Clin Psychol
JT  - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
JID - 0136553
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*psychology
MH  - Acute Disease
MH  - *Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internal-External Control
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - *Social Responsibility
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/*psychology
MH  - Stress, Psychological/*psychology
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 1997/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1997/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1997/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1997/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1037//0022-006x.65.4.560 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Consult Clin Psychol. 1997 Aug;65(4):560-7. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.65.4.560.