TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Social comparisons and long-term rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal study
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Arigo, Danielle
A1  - Haggerty, Kyle
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316669583
ID  - ref1
ER  -