Attributions for behaviours of persons with brain injury: The role of perceived severity and time since injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 639-648

  McClure, John ^a   Buchanan, Simon ^a   McDowall, John ^a   Wade, Kim ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evaluation; Psychology; Rehabilitation; Service delivery; Symptom exaggeration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY SEVERITY; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; SCAR; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP;

EID: 49549106255     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802255585     Document Type: Article

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