World Assumptions as a measure of meaning in rural road crash victims
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- 22 July 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Australian Journal of Rural Health
- Vol. 13 (4) , 226-231
Abstract
Objective: To explore the effect of experiencing a road crash on aspects of psychological meaning. Design: A 12‐month repeated measures prospective design was used. Setting: Data were collected from admissions to a hospital in central Victoria. Subjects: Seventy‐two injured road crash victims took part in the study. Main outcome measures: Three measures of psychological trauma and the World Assumptions Scale. Results: World Assumptions Scale scores did not change significantly over the year, despite improvements in other trauma scores. Conclusion: This study does shed some light on the psychological effects of road trauma, but further research is needed to create more sophisticated measures.Keywords
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