Post-traumatic stress: Attributional aspects Export

@article{citeulike:6083633, abstract = {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.}, author = {Joseph, Stephen and Yule, William and Williams, Ruth}, citeulike-article-id = {6083633}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00974319}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/r0j857l54w876457}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF00974319}, journal = {Journal of Traumatic Stress}, keywords = {attribution, ptsd}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {501--513}, posted-at = {2009-11-08 04:19:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Post-traumatic stress: Attributional aspects}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00974319}, volume = {6}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6083633 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6083633 N2 - 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. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Traumatic Stress EP - 513 TI - Post-traumatic stress: Attributional aspects VL - 6 SP - 501 KW - attribution KW - ptsd AU - Joseph, Stephen AU - Yule, William AU - Williams, Ruth PY - 1993/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00974319 ER -