Understanding adjustment following traumatic brain injury: Is the Goodness-of-Fit coping hypothesis useful?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1217-1224

  Kendall, Elizabeth ^a   Terry, Deborah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coping; Goodness of Fit hypothesis; Psychosocial adjustment; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; RELATIVE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 50349095795     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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