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Toward an Explanatory Model of Social Participation for Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

2004; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 19; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00001199-200411000-00002

1550-509X

Claire Dumont, Marie Gervais, Patrick Fougeyrollas, Richard Bertrand,

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

To identify resiliency factors that could improve social participation for adults with traumatic brain injury.Cross-sectional single measurement, correlational and exploratory study, including quantitative and qualitative data.Fifty-three community-dwelling people with sequelae of traumatic brain injury, individually interviewed, which included filling out questionnaires and answering open-ended questions.Social participation, self-efficacy, and positive mental states.Dynamism, self-efficacy, and will account for 51% of the variance in social participation and are the main resiliency factors. Fatigue is one of the sequelae that pose the greatest challenge to self-efficacy and limit social participation.Resiliency factors constitute a target for research and intervention for this population.