title: Social comparisons and long-term rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal study.
abstract: Little is known about social influences on long-term rehabilitation outcomes for traumatic brain injury, particularly social comparisons (i.e. self-evaluations relative to others). Patients in long-term rehabilitation ( n = 31) completed assessments at baseline and 1 year. Self-reported social comparison orientation was comparable to existing samples and showed stability over 1 year; affective responses to comparisons (e.g. frustration) were less stable. Social comparison orientation and affective responses were related to baseline executive and psychosocial functioning ( rs = 0.34-0.53) and predicted worse impairment and depression at 1 year ( ds = 0.67, 1.39). Greater attention to comparisons in long-term rehabilitation could improve outcomes.
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Scranton, USA.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arigo
authors.affiliation: 2 Bancroft NeuroRehab, USA.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haggerty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000070642:Brain Injuries, Traumatic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012647:Self-Assessment; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D012938:Social Perception
keywords: rehabilitation outcomes; self-report; social comparison; social functioning; traumatic brain injury