Attributions of blame and coping in the "real world": Severe accident victims react to their lot

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1977, Pages 351-363

  Bulman, Ronnie J ^a   Wortman, Camille B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

attributions of causality for their accidents, coping ability, victims paralyzed in severe accidents between ages of 16 35

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; FEMALE; GUILT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PARALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACCIDENTS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUILT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PARALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0017486848     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.35.5.351     Document Type: Article

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