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Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma

Published 1 April 1992
Ronnie Janoff‐Bulman
Citations3,357

Abstract

This book investigates the psychology of victimization. It shows how fundamental assumptions about the world's meaningfulness and benevolence are shattered by traumatic events, and how victims become subject to self-blame in an attempt to accommodate brutality. The book is aimed at all those who for personal or professional reasons seek to understand what psychological trauma is and how to recover from it.

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