@article{ref1,
title="Personality traits and social supports in adolescents with persistent postconcussion symptoms",
journal="Journal of head trauma rehabilitation",
year="2021",
author="Atif, Hamna and Morgan, Brianne and Tuohy, Kyle and Zukowski, Monica and Foster, Zachary and Loeffert, Andrea and Yeates, Keith O. and Hicks, Steven D.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To determine whether adolescents with persistent postconcussion symptoms (PPCS) differ from healthy peers in their personality traits and social supports. SETTING: Specialty Concussion Clinic and Primary Care Clinic affiliated with an academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS: Ninety-seven adolescents (42 with PPCS, 55 healthy peers; age: 15 ± 2 years). <br><br>DESIGN: Participants completed a web-based survey that included medical and demographic characteristics, mechanisms of concussion, 10-item Big Five Inventory, and Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale. A Student's 2-tailed t test with multiple testing corrections was used to compare the youths with PPCS to healthy peers. MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome was PPCS, defined by the presence of 2 or more concussion-related symptoms on the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS), lasting for more than 4 weeks after initial injury. The secondary outcome was perceived personality traits and social support, based on the 10-item Big Five Inventory and the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale, respectively. <br><br>RESULTS: The PPCS group had higher neuroticism scores on their Big Five Inventory than healthy peers. They also reported less social support from teachers and classmates than healthy peers. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Youths with PPCS report specific personality and social support characteristics that differ from their peers. These findings suggest that individual personality and school-based social supports may influence concussion recovery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-9701",
doi="10.1097/HTR.0000000000000682",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000682"
}