Social problem-solving skills of children with traumatic brain injury.
Studies of specific social skill deficits in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have begun to appear [1,2], but there are few empirical studies of children with TBI. This study examined social problem-solving skills in boys and girls with TBI and a matched group of non-injured peers, ages 7-13. The TBI group generated fewer total solutions on a social problem-solving measure, largely reflecting situation-specific differences in generated solutions. The TBI group also generated fewer positive assertive, and more indirect responses to peer group entry situations than the comparison group. Implications are discussed for a model of social information processing in paediatric brain injury.
Warschausky
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0050, USA.
Cohen
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Parker
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Levendosky
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Okun
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001242:Assertiveness; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D011340:Problem Solving; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology