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Socijalna percepcija osoba sa simptomima PTSP-a: Provjera nekih predikcija atribucijske teorije

The effects of manipulating with the PTSD label and the recognizability of presented symptom pattern on target person’s responsibility and elicited affective reactions and support giving intention in subjects are examined with reference to B. Weiner’s attribution theory predictions. The results showed significant effect of the symptom pattern manipulation, which was most pervasive in responsibility judgments and reported support intentions. The pattern of differences in judgments of responsibility suggests that prevalence of less recognizable symptoms of PTSD might result in ascription of some responsibility to a target person for causing actual conditions. The relative absence of these symptoms appears to reduce, in particular, the variability in subjects’ willingness to give support to the person, which is generally reported as being very high. Unlike these responsibility and support ratings, the effects of the symptom pattern on reported affective experiences for pity and anger do not match the pattern predicted from the attribution model of B. Weiner and an extension of this model made by Lopez and Wolkenstein. The absence of the predicted Label x Symptom pattern interaction was explained in terms of some drawbacks in the construction of the stimulus material.

PTSD; attribution; responsibility

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