Counterfactual Thinking, Blame Assignment, and Well-Being in Rape Victims

By N. Branscombe, Michael J. A. Wohl, Susan Owen, Julie A. Allison, A. N’Gbala. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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1. Audrey K. Miller
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Citations in the corpus

• Depression, Control, and Counterfactual Thinking: Functional for Whom? (2006, background): “…2003; Nasco & Marsh, 1999; Roese, 1997) and those who argue that upward counterfactual thinking is largely dysfunctional in that it engenders unnecessary negative affect, guilt, and self–blame (e.g., Branscombe, Wohl, Owen, Allison, & N’Gbala, 2003; Davis et al., 1996; Sherman & McConnell, 1995).”
• Self-Blame Among Sexual Assault Victims Prospectively Predicts Revictimization: A Perceived Sociolegal Context Model of Risk (2007, background): “Based on the findings of Branscombe et al. (2003), we predicted that self-blame would positively relate to negative–ISG cognitions. However, per our conceptualization, ISG cognitions should not predict SRV controlling for self-blame. Consistent with prediction, self-blame exhibited a strong, positiv”