Guilt and distress 30 months after the capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise.

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Joseph, Steve [et al.]

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Subject: Guilt is a common response to disaster. The present study shows that a large number of the survivors of the Herald of Free Enterprise still have some feelings of guilt up to 3 years later. Guilt is associated with higher levels of psychological distress. Specifically, guilt over things survivors failed to do related to intrusive symptoms; guilt over things survivors did in order to survive is related to avoidant behaviour.

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Reprinted from Personality and individual differences; Vol 14, No 1; p. 271-273

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Guilt is a common response to disaster. The present study shows that a large number of the survivors of the Herald of Free Enterprise still have some feelings of guilt up to 3 years later. Guilt is associated with higher levels of psychological distress. Specifically, guilt over things survivors failed to do related to intrusive symptoms; guilt over things survivors did in order to survive is related to avoidant behaviour.

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