@article{ref1,
title="Social comparisons and long-term rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal study",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2016",
author="Arigo, Danielle and Haggerty, Kyle",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Little is known about social influences on long-term rehabilitation outcomes for traumatic brain injury, particularly social comparisons (i.e. self-evaluations relative to others). Patients in long-term rehabilitation (n = 31) completed assessments at baseline and 1 year. Self-reported social comparison orientation was comparable to existing samples and showed stability over 1 year; affective responses to comparisons (e.g. frustration) were less stable. Social comparison orientation and affective responses were related to baseline executive and psychosocial functioning (rs = 0.34-0.53) and predicted worse impairment and depression at 1 year (ds = 0.67, 1.39). Greater attention to comparisons in long-term rehabilitation could improve outcomes.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105316669583",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316669583"
}