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Attribution of Blame in Accidental and Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury
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Attribution of Blame in Accidental and Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury

Tessa Hart, Jennifer A Bogner, John Whyte and Marcia Polansky
Rehabilitation psychology, v 48(2)
May 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0090-5550.48.2.86
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Abstract

Objective: To study reliability and validity of blame attribution following acute moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by violence versus accident. Study Design: Prospective study with test-retest component, comparing groups with violent versus accidental injuries as determined by self-report and chart review. Participants: Fifty-seven persons in acute rehabilitation for moderate to severe TBI. Measure: Eight-item Blame Attribution Questionnaire. Results: Blame attribution was reliable, even for participants with severe TBI. Violence and accident groups apportioned different amounts of blame to other people; concern with cause of injury and degree of self-blame showed less striking differences. Conclusions: Blame of others, which may increase risk of adverse psychological outcome, is strongest in those with violence-related TBI. Self-blame is not as strongly related to external circumstances and could signal a constructive coping mechanism.

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Psychology, Clinical
Rehabilitation
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