"In my before life": relationships, coping and post-traumatic growth in adolescent survivors of a traumatic brain injury.
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https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1883Keywords:
brain injuries, adolescent, quality of life, adjustment, psychological, qualitative research.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Explore the individual, adolescent phenomeno-logy of quality of life after traumatic brain injury. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: Adolescent survivors of traumatic brain injury. METHODS: Qualitative interviews with 10 adolescents, mean age at assessment 17.09 years (SD 1.81). Mean time since injury 4.62 years (SD 2.89). Data were analysed using a primarily interpretative phenomenological analysis approach. RESULTS: Two major findings: (1) perceived quality of life was not automatically impacted by a traumatic brain injury, but when it was, the directionality of impact (positive, negative) varied depending on the life-domainDownloads
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