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Post‐traumatic stress: Attributional aspects
Author(s) -
Joseph Stephen,
Yule William,
Williams Ruth
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490060407
Subject(s) - attribution , psychology , etiology , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
Although exposure to a traumatic event is thought to be the main aetiological factor in the development of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD: APA, 1987), a large amount of individual variance in the chronicity and severity of symptoms remains unaccounted for. In this paper, evidence will be reviewed for the possible mediating role of causal attributions and attributional style. It is suggested that these factors may be related to specific emotional states within PTSD and to particular coping behaviors.