Human response to traumatic events: an integration of counterfactual thinking, hindsight bias, and attribution theory Export

@article{citeulike:571206, abstract = {In documenting cognitive processes underlying persons' reactions to negative events, counterfactual thinking, hindsight bias, and attribution theory focus on distinct, although not unrelated, aspects of human information processing. Counterfactual thinking highlights the cognitive processing undertaken when persons imagine different courses of action that lead to alternative outcomes. Hindsight bias describes the inflated retrospective estimates individuals make regarding event probabilities that come with the advantage of knowledge about outcomes. And attribution theory concerns the affective and behavioral consequences that result from the perceived causes of events. This essay argues that a more comprehensive understanding of the processes underlying human response to traumatic events results from the integration of counterfactual thinking, hindsight bias, and attribution theory into a single model. [Journal Article; In English; United States; MEDLINE]}, author = {Williams, C. W. and Lees-Haley, P. R. and Brown, R. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {571206}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WVB-45CTV6F-35F/2/4e5e8344be596fa97370a219460d9a80}, journal = {Psychological Reports}, keywords = {attribution, counterfactual, hindsight\_bias, reasoning, regret, review, social\_psychology}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {483--494}, posted-at = {2006-03-30 23:20:10}, priority = {2}, title = {Human response to traumatic events: an integration of counterfactual thinking, hindsight bias, and attribution theory}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WVB-45CTV6F-35F/2/4e5e8344be596fa97370a219460d9a80}, volume = {72}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:571206 L3 - citeulike-article-id:571206 N2 - In documenting cognitive processes underlying persons' reactions to negative events, counterfactual thinking, hindsight bias, and attribution theory focus on distinct, although not unrelated, aspects of human information processing. Counterfactual thinking highlights the cognitive processing undertaken when persons imagine different courses of action that lead to alternative outcomes. Hindsight bias describes the inflated retrospective estimates individuals make regarding event probabilities that come with the advantage of knowledge about outcomes. And attribution theory concerns the affective and behavioral consequences that result from the perceived causes of events. This essay argues that a more comprehensive understanding of the processes underlying human response to traumatic events results from the integration of counterfactual thinking, hindsight bias, and attribution theory into a single model. [Journal Article; In English; United States; MEDLINE] IS - 2 JF - Psychological Reports EP - 494 TI - Human response to traumatic events: an integration of counterfactual thinking, hindsight bias, and attribution theory VL - 72 SP - 483 KW - attribution KW - counterfactual KW - hindsight_bias KW - reasoning KW - regret KW - review KW - social_psychology AU - Williams, CW AU - Lees-Haley, PR AU - Brown, RS PY - 1993/04// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WVB-45CTV6F-35F/2/4e5e8344be596fa97370a219460d9a80 ER -