TBI 13 years on: Factors associated with post-traumatic growth

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1461-1467

  Powell, Trevor ^a   Gilson, Rachael ^a   Collin, Christine ^b  

^a BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b RBH Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injury; Meaning; Post traumatic growth; Purpose; Social support; Spirituality; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INJURY SCALE; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863310664     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.644384     Document Type: Article

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