TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - "In my Before Life": relationships, coping and post-traumatic growth in adolescent survivors of a traumatic brain injury
JO  - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
A1  - Di Battista, Ashley
A1  - Godfrey, Celia
A1  - Soo, Cheryl
A1  - Catroppa, Cathy
A1  - Anderson, Vicki
SP  - 975
EP  - 983
VL  - 46
IS  - 10
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Explore the individual, adolescent phenomeno-logy of quality of life after traumatic brain injury. Subjects/Patients: Adolescent survivors of traumatic brain injury. <br><br>METHODS: Qualitative interviews with 10 adolescents, mean age at assessment 17.09 years (SD 1.81). Mean time since injury 4.62 years (SD 2.89). Data were analysed using a primarily interpretative phenomenological analysis approach. <br><br>RESULTS: Two major findings: (1) perceived quality of life was not automatically impacted by a traumatic brain injury, but when it was, the directionality of impact (positive, negative) varied depending on the life-domain; (2) changes in ability post-traumatic brain injury were attributed to the injury (more often cognitive and physical changes) or to a sense of normal maturation processes (72% and 28%, respectively). Attribution processing permeated themes of personal and social discrepancies, which also yielded themes of: altered family and relationships, roles, responsibilities, independence, coping and post-traumatic growth. All participants reported a happy life at the time of interview. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The adolescents' appraisal of their identity from pre- to post-injury life was related to their current sense of well-being. Most notably was the sense of balance; participants addressed the negative and positive consequences of brain injury to qualify their sense of wellbeing.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1650-1977
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1883
ID  - ref1
ER  -