Coping resources and the development of persistent postconcussional syndrome after a mild traumatic brain injury
dc.contributor.advisor | Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret | en |
dc.creator | Sparrow, Barbara Jean | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-08-28T21:40:39Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2008-08-28T21:40:39Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | en |
dc.description | text | en |
dc.description.abstract | This prospective study was designed to examine the effect of total coping resources, as measured by the Coping Resources Inventory, on the development of persistent postconcussional syndrome. Other variables – loss of consciousness, subjective life stress, litigation after the injury, prior head injury, and the receipt of information about what post-injury symptoms are common – were examined as well. Thirty-eight participants, ranging in age from 18 to 55, completed the Postconcussion Syndrome Checklist and the Coping Resources Inventory (for pre-trauma coping) within three weeks of being diagnosed with a concussion. They were contacted for a follow-up three months post-trauma and completed the Postconcussion Syndrome Checklist again along with a questionnaire listing the other study variables. It was expected that participants with more total coping resources would report fewer symptoms at the follow-up than those with fewer coping resources. No relationship was found between the total Coping Resources Inventory score and symptoms reported three months post-trauma. The other variables were examined, using multiple regression, to determine their significance as predictors for the amount of symptoms reported at follow-up. The only variable that was a significant predictor for symptoms at follow-up was the participant’s rating of subjective life stress. Limitations of the study are discussed and future areas of research are outlined. | |
dc.description.department | Educational Psychology | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.identifier | b57231084 | en |
dc.identifier.oclc | 56975136 | en |
dc.identifier.proqst | 3106598 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/952 | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Brain--Wounds and injuries--Patients--Rehabilitation | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Brain--Wounds and injuries--Complications | en |
dc.title | Coping resources and the development of persistent postconcussional syndrome after a mild traumatic brain injury | en |
dc.type.genre | Thesis | en |