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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 859-866Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-019-09687-3
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Mild traumatic brain injury; Spiritual well-being; Existential well-being; Depression; Anxiety
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability, with injuries classified as mild in severity being the most frequently sustained. While the majority of patients recover within 3 months post-injury, many individuals continue to experience debilitating emotional sequelae several months after the injury. While spiritual well-being has been shown to carry protective benefits against both depression and anxiety in the general population, it has not been investigated as a protective factor in this population. The aim of this study was to investigate whether spiritual well-being leads to a reduction in anxious and depressive symptomatology following mild TBI (mTBI). The Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and Spiritual Well-Being Scale were administered to a sample of 83 litigating examinees who had undergone neuropsychological testing to assess their present functioning secondary to mTBI. The existential well-being (EWB) subscale significantly predicted depressive symptomatology. These findings support the role of EWB as contributory factor related to depressive symptomatology following mTBI. Rehabilitation practitioners should consider treatment paradigms that address EWB as a primary contributor to reduce depressive symptomatology, which may ultimately lead to improved functional ability.
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