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BRAIN INJURY
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 1-13Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02699050500309791
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coping; psychological outcome; cognitive behaviour therapy and self-awareness
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Primary objective: To investigate the variables associated with positive psychological outcome following a group intervention for 33 individuals with traumatic brain injury. Research design: Evaluation study which used multiple regression analysis to examine the variables associated with change in psychological adjustment following a 10-session cognitive behaviour therapy-based group. Methods and procedures: The predictor variables were age at injury, time since injury, injury severity, self-awareness, premorbid intellectual function, memory function, executive function and level of depression and anxiety prior to intervention. Main outcomes and results: The predictor variables contributed a significant proportion of the variance in percentage change in depression. The major finding was that better outcomes following intervention were associated with greater self-awareness of injury-related deficits. Conclusions: The present study identified a number of variables that were associated with improvement in depression following psychological intervention and may assist future treatment resources to be directed most effectively.
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