Major carriers recently increased fares, blaming fuel costs.
Failing to meet a goal means that most of the early efforts become sunk costs, which leads to decreased self-confidence and increased self-blame.
This behavior is related to increased self-blame and could lead to poor psychological adjustment i.e. lower coping ability [ 22].
In line with the findings on increased self-blame in PTSD, several studies have found that internal, global and stable attributions of traumatic events are associated with PTSD symptoms in war veterans and survivors of childhood sexual abuse or disaster (Frye and Stockton 1982; Ginzburg et al. 2003; Gray et al. 2003; Joseph et al. 1991; McCormick et al. 1989; Wenninger and Ehlers 1998).
(Female field worker, IDI07/P4) Although explaining parents' individual genetic roles was seen as important to address paternal denial of responsibility, paradoxically, this information also carried a risk of generating or increasing gendered blame in families.
Last week the London mayor, Boris Johnson, imposed above-inflation fare increases, blaming the move on an £84m shortfall left by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone.
Catholics make up around 30% of Germany's population but the number of congregants leaving the church swelled to 181,000 in 2010, with the increase blamed on revelations of sexual abuse by German priests.
Many people blame increased pollution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, which once tightly regulated caviar production.
"I don't think you can blame increased ridership, because the commuter railroads have the same increased ridership percentages as the subways do, and they seem to be dealing with it," Mr. Lebow said.
Some blame increased demand from growing industrial countries, especially China.
