title: Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: Associations Between Parenting and Social Adjustment.
abstract: Similarities and differences in parenting practices of children (Mage = 10; range 8-13 years) with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and socially-typical controls were examined. In addition, parenting practices were examined as moderators between injury group status (TBI or socially-typical) and social adjustment in the peer group. Mothers completed assessments of parenting practices; children's peers reported about children's social adjustment. The mothers of children with TBI reported significantly lower levels of nurturance and significantly higher levels of restrictiveness than mothers of socially-typical children. In addition, mothers' nurturance moderated the relation between injury group and peer rejection, such that children with TBI were more rejected by classmates compared to their socially-typical peers at low levels of maternal nurturance. The findings are interpreted as supporting the important role parents play in the development of children with a history of TBI, as well as the implications for family-level interventions.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University.
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Root
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wimsatt
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park.
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.affiliation: Brigham Young University and University of Utah.
authors.forename: Erin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Bigler
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University and Center for Biobehavioral Health.
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stancin
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.
authors.forename: H Gerry
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University and Center for Biobehavioral Health.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vannatta
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary.
authors.forename: Keith O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Yeates
keywords: parenting; peer rejection; social adjustment; traumatic brain injury