title: Toward an explanatory model of social participation for adults with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify resiliency factors that could improve social participation for adults with traumatic brain injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional single measurement, correlational and exploratory study, including quantitative and qualitative data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three community-dwelling people with sequelae of traumatic brain injury, individually interviewed, which included filling out questionnaires and answering open-ended questions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Social participation, self-efficacy, and positive mental states.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dynamism, self-efficacy, and will account for 51% of the variance in social participation and are the main resiliency factors. Fatigue is one of the sequelae that pose the greatest challenge to self-efficacy and limit social participation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Resiliency factors constitute a target for research and intervention for this population.
authors.affiliation: Département de réadaptation, Faculté de médecine, Pavillion Ferdinand-Vandry, Laval University, Québec, Canada. Claire.Dumont@rea.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gervais
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fougeyrollas
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008960:Models, Psychological; D036301:Qualitative Research; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014836:Volition