The Role of Causal Attributions in Public Misconceptions About Brain Injury

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-93

  McClure, John ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attribution; Brain injury; Misconceptions; Rehabilitation; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC OPINION; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL BELIEF; STIGMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; BRAIN INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 79956207514     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023354     Document Type: Article

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