Executive functioning and coping at one-year post traumatic brain injury.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Description: Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often have poor outcome. Poor outcome has been related to a number of factors, including executive dysfunction and emotion focused coping. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between executive function and coping style at one-year post TBI. TBI and matched control groups completed the Ways of Coping Questionnaire, and were administered a neuropsychological test series. Within the TBI group, high executive performance was related to the use of problem focused coping, and decreased executive performance was related to the use of emotion focused coping. These relationships were not found in the control group. Hierarchical regression showed that executive function contributed significantly to both problem and emotion focused coping above and beyond pre-morbid intelligence and injury severity. These results suggest a direct link between executive function and coping following TBI, which may have implications for rehabilitation.
Notes: Adviser: Donald T. Stuss.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, page: 2345.

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