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Accident cognitions and subsequent psychological trauma
Author(s) -
Jeavons Sue,
Greenwood Kenneth M.,
de L. Horne David J.
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1023/a:1007797904536
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , accident (philosophy) , vehicle accident , psychiatry , medical emergency , medicine , philosophy , surgery , epistemology , pathology
This study used a sample of 72 consecutive attendees to hospital following motor vehicle accidents. It aimed to assess the relationship between demographic variables, details of the accident and cognitions about the accident recorded soon afterward, and degree of psychological trauma 3 and 6 months later. Psychological trauma was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire, Impact of Event Scale, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Interview. A structured interview was used to gain information about demographic, accident, and accident cognition variables. Results showed that initial cognitions such as perceived threat to life, rather than demographic or accident variables, had the strongest relationships to subsequent trauma.