"Feeling part of things": Personal construction of self after brain injury

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 627-650

  Gracey, Fergus ^a   Palmer, Siobhan ^a   Rous, Becky ^a   Psaila, Kate ^b   Shaw, Kendra ^c   O'Dell, Juliette ^a   Cope, Jo ^a   Mohamed, Shemin ^d  

^a The Princess of Wales Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Ida Darwin Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Identity; Personal construct psychology; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249089278     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010802041238     Document Type: Article

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