title: Gender as a moderator of memory after traumatic brain injury in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the possibility that gender has a moderating effect on memory after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Controlled group study. Gender effects between and within groups were evaluated by means of effect size comparisons and hierarchical regression analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Regional rehabilitation center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy children with TBI, selected from a 4-year series of consecutive referrals, and 70 demographically matched controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Screening version of the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML-S) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Boys with TBI performed worse than girls with TBI, and worse than their counterparts in the control group, on the WRAML-S. There was no gender effect in the control group. Gender explained an additional 9% of the variance in WRAML-S performance over and above injury severity and age variables. However, gender differences were largely attenuated when speed of information processing, as assessed by the WISC-III, was used as a covariate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of TBI on children's memory appears to be moderated by gender and may be mediated by speed of information processing.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, The Mary Free Bed Hospital, 235 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA. jdonders@mfbrc.com
authors.forename: Jacobus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donders
authors.forename: Helen R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Woodward
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D020207:Coma, Post-Head Injury / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008606:Mental Processes; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014888:Wechsler Scales