Citation

Fletcher JM, Ewing-Cobbs L, Miner ME, Levin HS, Eisenberg HM. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 1990; 58(1): 93-98.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2319050

Abstract

This study provides a longitudinal follow-up of the behavioral adjustment of 45 children with mild, moderate, and severe closed head injuries. Two measures of behavioral adjustment, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS), were obtained from a parent at the time of injury and at 6 and 12 months postinjury. The severely injured children obtained significantly poorer VABS scores than children with mild and moderate injuries over the year-long follow-up. In addition, on the CBCL, severely injured children had more school problems and engaged in fewer social activities than mild and moderately injured children. These results show that severe head injury in children was associated with declines in adaptive functioning, whereas scores for children with mild and moderate injuries did not differ, nor did they deviate from average levels at any follow-up interval.

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