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Male victims of industrial accidents were interviewed immediately after injury and again after their return to work to establish whether rehabilitation outcome was in fluenced by their causal attributions for their accidents. As expected, victims who felt causally responsible for their accidents rated their mood as better once back at work, although they were not in significantly better psychological health. Con trary to prediction, victims who felt more culpable returned to work more quickly. There was no relationship between blaming workmates or employers and rehabil itation outcome. Although the causal direction of these effects was not clear, there was some evidence that uncontrollable accidents were followed by poorer outcome. Causal attributions are relevant to understanding many aspects of med ical practice (Antaki & Brewin, 1982). To take one example from the lit erature on rehabilitation, it appears that attributions may be associated This study was supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council of Great Brit ain. Requests for reprints should be sent to C.

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Author

Brewin, C. R.

Publisher

Guilford Publishing Inc; Guilford Publications; Guilford Publications Inc. (ISSN 0736-7236)

Published

1984

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)