title: Family functioning, psychosocial stress, and goal attainment in brain injury rehabilitation.
abstract: The study investigated the impact of family functioning (as measured by the Family Assessment Device) on goal attainment (as measured by a Goal Attainment Scale) and psychosocial distress (as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory-18) among survivors of acquired brain injury in a community re-entry rehabilitation setting. The bivariate analysis suggests that participants had significantly greater goal attainment scores if they were members of families with stronger general functioning (r = .27, p < .05), stronger defined family roles (r = .28, p < .05), a greater capacity to respond emotionally to each other (r = .29, p < .05), and proactively solved family problems (r = .28, p < .05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC 20002, USA. david.barclay@gallaudet.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Barclay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012947:Social Work; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult