Naslov
Effects of PTSD label and presented symptom pattern on evaluation of target� s responsibility and personality

Autori
Ćubela, Vera

Izvornik
Review of psychology (1330-6812) 4 (1997), 1-2; 49-61

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
PTSD; attribution; responsibility

Sažetak
This study aimed to examine whether impression about a person with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could be altered by manipulating with the recognizability of presented symptom pattern and the label for it. Three vignettes describing a male person with complete symptom profile of PTSD and its recognizable and unrecognizable parts were presented to 228 students and about a half of them was told the target is in fact a PTSD casualty. Students rated the target for responsibility for causing actual condition and a number of personality traits. The label manipulation produced significant effect only on the perception of target� s introversion. The effect of the symptom pattern variable was more pervasive, and obtained patterns of differences between conditions suggest that the tendency of positive evaluation, as well as the perception of causal uncontrollability are due to the presence of recognizable symptoms and not necessarily to the absence of unrecognizable symptoms, while the very presence of unrecognizable symptoms might provide a basis to see a person as a 'disordered personality'.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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