title: Social outcomes in childhood brain disorder: a heuristic integration of social neuroscience and developmental psychology.
abstract: The authors propose a heuristic model of the social outcomes of childhood brain disorder that draws on models and methods from both the emerging field of social cognitive neuroscience and the study of social competence in developmental psychology/psychopathology. The heuristic model characterizes the relationships between social adjustment, peer interactions and relationships, social problem solving and communication, social-affective and cognitive-executive processes, and their neural substrates. The model is illustrated by research on a specific form of childhood brain disorder, traumatic brain injury. The heuristic model may promote research regarding the neural and cognitive-affective substrates of children's social development. It also may engender more precise methods of measuring impairments and disabilities in children with brain disorder and suggest ways to promote their social adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Center for Biobehavioral Health, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA. yeatesk@chi.osu.edu
authors.forename: Keith Owen
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Yeates
authors.forename: Erin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Bigler
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stancin
authors.forename: H Gerry
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vannatta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000379:methods; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000379:methods*; D012919:Social Behavior