Screening for job loss: Development of a work instability scale for traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 835-843

  Gilworth, Gill ^a   Carey, Amy ^a   Eyres, Sophie ^a   Sloan, John ^b   Rainford, Bruce ^c   Bodenham, Debra ^c   Neumann, Vera ^a   Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Work Psychology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Traumatic brain injury; Work instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK DISABILITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33750106128     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050600832221     Document Type: Article

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