Assessing social skills in people with very severe traumatic brain injury: Validity of the social performance survey schedule (SPSS)

Brain Impairment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-281

  Long, Esther ^a   McDonald, Skye ^a   Tate, Robyn ^b   Togher, Leanne ^b   Bornhofen, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Social skills; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349814246     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.9.3.274     Document Type: Article

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