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REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 23-32Publisher
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0018451
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resilience; depressive symptomatology; functional independence; satisfaction with life; spirituality
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Objectives: The purposes of this study were to (a) identify changes in resilience and indicators of adjustment (i.e., satisfaction with life, depressive symptomatology, spirituality, functional independence) during inpatient rehabilitation after spinal cord injury (SCI) and (b) examine the relationship between each variable at different stages of the rehabilitation process. Design: The sample consisted of 42 individuals with a SCI, including 33 men and 9 women who were inpatients for a mean stay of 51 days (SD = 14.63). A repeated measures design was employed, with questionnaires completed at 3 times during the rehabilitation program (admit, 3 weeks, and discharge). Results: Results front the repeated measures multivariate analysis of covarance and post hoc follow-up tests indicated that there was no significant change in resilience, but that there was significant change for each indicator of adjustment during inpatient rehabilitation. Findings also indicated significant correlations between resilience, satisfaction with life, spirituality. and depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Future studies that focus oil developing interventions and examine the factors that predict resilience could help build resilience, which in turn may improve rehabilitation outcomes.
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