On causality, responsibility, and self-blame: a theoretical note.
KG Shaver, D Drown - Journal of personality and social …, 1986 - psycnet.apa.org
KG Shaver, D Drown
Journal of personality and social psychology, 1986•psycnet.apa.orgReviews examples from the literature on" self-blame" for illness and criminal victimization
that illustrate insufficient attention to construct validity in the measurement of causality,
responsibility, and blameworthiness. Distinctions among these terms have been drawn in
detail in a theory of the attribution of blame by the 1st author (1985). It is argued that what
has been called behavioral self-blame is really a self-attribution of causality. In the same
way, what has been called characterological self-blame is rather a self-attribution of …
that illustrate insufficient attention to construct validity in the measurement of causality,
responsibility, and blameworthiness. Distinctions among these terms have been drawn in
detail in a theory of the attribution of blame by the 1st author (1985). It is argued that what
has been called behavioral self-blame is really a self-attribution of causality. In the same
way, what has been called characterological self-blame is rather a self-attribution of …
Abstract
Reviews examples from the literature on" self-blame" for illness and criminal victimization that illustrate insufficient attention to construct validity in the measurement of causality, responsibility, and blameworthiness. Distinctions among these terms have been drawn in detail in a theory of the attribution of blame by the 1st author (1985). It is argued that what has been called behavioral self-blame is really a self-attribution of causality. In the same way, what has been called characterological self-blame is rather a self-attribution of responsibility, the form of which should constitute a self-esteem threatening excuse.(36 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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