Relational dimension of irritability following traumatic brain injury: A qualitative analysis

Brain Injury

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1287-1296

  Hammond, Flora M ^a,b   Davis, Christine S ^c   Cook, James R ^d   Philbrick, Peggy ^a   Hirsch, Mark A ^a,c  

^a Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Communication Studies ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Brain injury; Family; Irritability; Marriage; Relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPOUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84866265653     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.706352     Document Type: Article

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