title: Causal attributions and post-traumatic stress in adolescents.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between causal attributions made by adolescent survivors of the Jupiter cruise ship sinking, and post-traumatic symptomatology in the year following disaster. Evidence is presented that more internal causal attributions for negative and uncontrollable events during the incident are associated with greater post-traumatic stress one year later. The findings are discussed with reference to an attributional model of shame.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Brewin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yule
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015984:Causality; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*