TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The association between community participation and social internet use among adults with traumatic brain injury
JO  - Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
A1  - Ketchum, Jessica M.
A1  - Sevigny, Mitch
A1  - Hart, Tessa
A1  - Oʼneil-Pirozzi, Therese M.
A1  - Sander, Angelle M.
A1  - Juengst, Shannon B.
A1  - Bergquist, Thomas F.
A1  - Dreer, Laura E.
A1  - Whiteneck, Gale G.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between social Internet use and real-world societal participation in survivors of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. <br><br>DESIGN: Prospective cross-sectional observational study. SETTING: Ten Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Centers. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 331 participants in the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, interviewed at any follow-up year between April 2014 and March 2015. MAIN MEASURES: Survey on Internet use, including social media and other online socialization; Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective with separate analyses of Productivity, Social Relations, Out and About subscales; covariates included demographics, injury variables, and functional and emotional status at follow-up. <br><br>RESULTS: Participants were classified as social Internet users (N = 232) or nonusers (N = 99). Users had significantly higher Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective Social Relations scores than nonusers. A similar finding pertained to Out and About scores, with the between-group difference significantly greater for those with greater depressive symptoms severity. Users and nonusers did not differ significantly on Productivity subscale. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The positive association between social Internet use and real-world social participation suggests that people with traumatic brain injury do not use social media as an alternative to real-world socialization. Rather, it is likely that similar barriers and facilitators affect both online and real-world social participation following traumatic brain injury. Emotional function should be considered as a moderating factor in further studies.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-9701
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000566
ID  - ref1
ER  -