Effects of an explicit problem-solving skills training program using a metacomponential approach for outpatients with acquired brain injury.
OBJECTIVE
We investigated the effects of an explicit problem-solving skills training program using a metacomponential approach with 33 outpatients with moderate acquired brain injury, in the Hong Kong context.


METHODS
We compared an experimental training intervention with this explicit problem-solving approach, which taught metacomponential strategies, with a conventional cognitive training approach that did not have this explicit metacognitive training.


RESULTS
We found significant advantages for the experimental group on the Metacomponential Interview measure in association with the explicit metacomponential training, but transfer to the real-life problem-solving measures was not evidenced in statistically significant findings. Small sample size, limited time of intervention, and some limitations with these tools may have been contributing factors to these results.


CONCLUSIONS
The training program was demonstrated to have a significantly greater effect than the conventional training approach on metacomponential functioning and the component of problem representation. However, these benefits were not transferable to real-life situations.
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. rsnkfong@polyu.edu.hk
Kenneth N K
KN
Fong
Dorothy R
DR
Howie
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011340:Problem Solving; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D055815:Young Adult