The Role of Attribution of Trauma Responsibility in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Motor Vehicle Accidents

Nickerson, Angela; Aderka, Idan M.; Bryant, Richard A.; Hofmann, S.

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“…Despite the encouraging results of these studies, at present there is no clear evidence-based preventive intervention for young and adult victims of recent rape. However, the need for preventive interventions is supported by recent evidence suggesting that PTSD symptoms should be targeted after sexual assault, because changes in PTSD symptoms is likely to influence subsequent changes in other psychological symptoms (Nickerson et al, 2012). In the present study, 39% of both young and adult patients received either CBT or EMDR therapy, though not immediately.…”

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Victims’ use of professional services in a Dutch sexual assault centre

Bicanic

Snetselaar

Jongh

et al. 2014

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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BackgroundPrior research endorsed the establishment of sexual assault centres in the Netherlands because of the potential benefit for victims’ mental recovery. In 2012, the first Dutch sexual assault centre was founded at the University Medical Center Utrecht. The aim of the centre is to provide 24/7 coordinated and integrated services (i.e., medical, forensic, and psychological) in one location.ObjectiveThe purpose of the present study was to describe demographic, background, and assault characteristics of victims seen at the centre within one week post-assault, and their use of post-assault services in order to improve current services.MethodFrom January 2012 to September 2013, prospective data of 108 patients were collected. To describe the population included, frequency counts and proportions were generated for categorical variables.ResultsThe mean age was 21.3 years (SD=9.8). Most victims were female (91.7%). A large proportion of victims reported background characteristics known to increase the risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and revictimisation such as prior sexual abuse (32.4%), pre-existing use of mental health services (45.4%), and not living with both biological parents (61.7%). Most patients (88.9%) consulted the centre within 72 hours post-assault. The uptake of services was high: 82.4% received emergency medical care, 61.7% underwent a forensic–medical exam, 34% reported to the police, and 82.4% utilised psychological services.ConclusionTo prevent revictimisation and PTSD, current psychological services could be improved with immediate trauma-focused treatments. Current forensic services may be improved with the use of standard top to toe forensic–medical examinations for both children and adults.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Victims’ use of professional services in a Dutch sexual assault centre

Bicanic

Snetselaar

Jongh

et al. 2014

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…Most empirical studies documented the positive association between external attribution or external locus of control to higher probability for PTSD (e.g., Nickerson, Aderka, Bryant, & Hofmann, 2013). Furthermore, external locus of control was found to correlate with higher distress and more negative functioning among nursing staff in closed psychiatric wards (Yarovitsky & Tabak, 2009).…”

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The Relations between Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Secondary Traumatization, Vicarious Post Traumatic Growth and Illness Attribution among Psychiatric Nurses

Zerach¹,

Shalev²

2015

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

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“…While some studies found self-blame to be associated with greater levels of PTSD (Cantón-Cortés, Cantón, & Cortés, 2012;Hassija & Gray, 2012;Moor & Farchi, 2011), others found that self-blame was associated with lower PTSD symptoms (Startup, Makgekgenene, & Webster, 2007) or was not associated with PTSD (DePrince, Chu, & Pineda, 2011). The findings related to other-blame are also mixed; some studies have indicated that other-blame is an effective coping strategy (Larsen & Fitzgerald, 2011), while others found that otherblame was associated with higher PTSD (Nickerson, Aderka, Bryant, & Hofmann, 2013;Zinzow et al, 2010). These inconsistent findings may be because the association between both self-and other-blame and PTSD might depend on the nature of the traumatic event (Reich et al, 2015) and cultural context (Wong & Tsai, 2007).…”

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Blame, PTSD and DSM-5: an urgent need for clarification

Greene

2018

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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DSM-5 substantially revised the PTSD criteria relating to exposure, redrawing symptom clusters and introducing additional symptom criteria, among them a newly defined criterion of persistent distorted blame of self or others. This commentary argues that there are fundamental problems with the current DSM-5 formulation of the blame criterion for PTSD. Most critically, there is conflation of self-blame and other-blame, which are two distinct phenomena, and there is heterogeneity in the research findings regarding the association between both kinds of blame and PTSD. Secondly, distortion of blame may be complex to determine. Finally, standard assessment tools fail to accurately represent the criteria as currently formulated. Despite the conceptual ambiguity in the diagnostic criteria and the lack of clarity regarding the assessment of this item in commonly-used measures, there is also evidence that blame is associated with other PTSD symptoms, is clinically relevant and may be an important intervention target in therapy. It is crucial, therefore, to clarify the blame criterion, differentiating aspects of self-blame and otherblame and, even more importantly, delineating the boundaries between normal and pathological blame.

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The Role of Attribution of Trauma Responsibility in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Motor Vehicle Accidents

Cited by 32 publications

References 36 publications

Victims’ use of professional services in a Dutch sexual assault centre

Victims’ use of professional services in a Dutch sexual assault centre

The Relations between Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Secondary Traumatization, Vicarious Post Traumatic Growth and Illness Attribution among Psychiatric Nurses

Blame, PTSD and DSM-5: an urgent need for clarification

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