Cognitive therapy for trauma-related guilt: Conceptual bases and treatment outlines

Kubany, Edward S.; Manke, Frederick P.

doi:10.1016/s1077-7229(05)80004-5

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“…This is in agreement with Kubany and Manke (1995), who outlined that an exaggerated sense of personal responsibility for an event and/or its outcomes is one of several thinking errors that increase the person's aptitude to experience guilt. Lisa's story suggests a need amongst some coaches for guidance with respect to responsibility boundaries, further her account may also prompt debate about where responsibility lines should be drawn whilst considering the consequences for both athlete and coach welfare (Simon, 2013;Cassidy, Jones, & Potrac, 2009).…”

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“…This outlook reflected the work of Kubany and Manke (1995), who argued that the probability of experiencing trauma-related guilt is heightened by one's social position being confused as having the capacity and power to control all outcomes.…”

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“…Thus, in believing that one's actions or inactions connected to a negative event are lacking sufficient rationale or logic, the risk of experiencing guilt increases. Kubany and Manke (1995) further proposed that perceived insufficient justification and thus guilt can be heightened when one focuses on the positive outcomes that might have taken place if an alternative action had been executed. As Patrick described:…”

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Sport coaches’ experiences of athlete injury: the development and regulation of guilt

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Lowry

2016

Sports Coaching Review

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Abstract:This study sought to examine coaches' stories of guilt in the specific context of athlete injury. Using narrative interviews with a diverse group of ten coaches, guilt was found to be a commonly experienced emotion that the participants also sought to regulate. The coaches' experiences of the embodiment and management of guilt is primarily, although not exclusively, interrogated using the mainstream psychological theorising of Kubany and Watson (2003). The article concludes by connecting the coaches' experiences of guilt with critiques of the prevailing deontological approach used to define what it means to be a 'good' sport coach. Here we suggest that dominant perspectives in coach education may be instrumental in entrenching coaches' experience of guilt.

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Sport coaches’ experiences of athlete injury: the development and regulation of guilt

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Lowry

2016

Sports Coaching Review

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“…Kubany and Manke (1995) suggested that guilt-related cognitions may be associated with PTSD symptomatology because these emotionally painful cognitions interfere with an individual's ability to integrate a traumatic event successfully with prior beliefs and experiences. Our model provided empirical support for this theory, suggesting that high levels of traumarelated guilt are associated with increased use of avoidant coping strategies.…”

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Impact of childhood traumatic events, trauma-related guilt, and avoidant coping strategies on PTSD symptoms in female survivors of domestic violence

2005

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This investigation utilized path analyses to examine the direct and indirect effects of experiences of potentially traumatic events in childhood, trauma-related guilt, and the use of avoidant coping strategies on level of PTSD symptomatology among a sample of female survivors of domestic violence. The results of this investigation indicated that individuals with more extensive histories of potentially traumatic events in childhood were more likely to report the experience of trauma-related guilt after exposure to domestic violence victimization in adulthood. Further, the path model indicated that experiencing trauma-related guilt was associated with greater use of avoidant coping strategies. Trauma-related guilt was related to increased PTSD symptomatology both directly and indirectly through the use of avoidant coping strategies. These findings highlight the importance of attending to guilt-based affective and cognitive reactions, maladaptive coping strategies, and the association between these constructs when treating survivors of relationship violence with multiple exposures to potentially traumatic events.

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“…This model states that evaluation of the personal meaning of a traumatic event by the individual may crucially influence the development of PTSD. Four cognitive determinants of guilt related to personal involvement in traumatic events are frequently identified in traumatized patients (Kubany & Manke, 1995): (a) violation of personal standards of right and wrong; (b) perceived responsibility and preventability of the event; (c) perceived lack of justification for actions taken; and (d) false believes about pre-outcome knowledge and hindsight bias. Hereby, feelings of guilt are closely related to pre-trauma schemas patients have of themselves and others.…”

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The role of guilt in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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Lommen

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: A growing body of evidence supports the notion that the emotional profile of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) may be more diverse than traditional accounts presume. PTSD’s image as an anxiety-based disorder is undergoing change as the significance of other emotions in its development becomes more evident. Experimental research is needed in order to expand the understanding of underlying processes driving the development of PTSD. Objective: Experimentally test the influence of stressor-related guilt on the occurrence of PTSD symptomatology. Method: A non-clinical student sample faced an analogue trauma, a stressor in the form of a computer crash and related loss of data. We either personally blamed participants for causing the incident (blame group) or told them that it was a technical failure and therefore not their fault (no-blame group). Levels of guilt before and after the incident as well as number and associated distress of incident-related intrusions were assessed using a one-day diary and compared between groups. Results: The guilt manipulation was successful: feelings of guilt significantly increased in the blame group but not in the no-blame group. Furthermore, the blame group showed a significantly higher number of intrusions and associated distress compared to the no-blame group at one-day follow-up. Conclusions: These laboratory findings indicate that feelings of guilt may lead to increased PTSD symptomatology, supporting the view that guilt experienced in reaction to a traumatic event may be part of a causal mechanism driving the development of PTSD.

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Cognitive therapy for trauma-related guilt: Conceptual bases and treatment outlines

Cited by 145 publications

References 33 publications

Sport coaches’ experiences of athlete injury: the development and regulation of guilt

Sport coaches’ experiences of athlete injury: the development and regulation of guilt

Impact of childhood traumatic events, trauma-related guilt, and avoidant coping strategies on PTSD symptoms in female survivors of domestic violence

The role of guilt in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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