There is debate regarding the relationship between executive function and social outcome following paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI), due to inconsistent findings in the literature. It has been suggested that these contradictory results may reflect the absence of an established mechanism to explain this relationship. Yeates and colleagues (2004) proposed a possible model in which the maturity of social problem-solving skills mediates the relationship between executive function and social outcome. The current study aimed to explore this model and determine whether social problem solving mediates the relationship between executive function and social outcome in a TBI population. The sample consisted of 36 adolescents and young adults who sustained a TBI between 8 and 12 years of age. They ranged between 16 and 22 years of age and were 7-10 years post-injury. Findings indicated that a higher level of executive dysfunction was associated with less sophisticated social problem-solving skills and poorer social outcome. Further, the maturity of social problem-solving skills was found to mediate the relationship between executive function and social outcome in this group.

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解决儿童问题的技能，作为小儿脑外伤后执行功能和长期社会结果之间的中介。

由于文献中不一致的发现，关于小儿外伤性脑损伤（TBI）后执行功能与社会结局之间关系的争论尚存。已经提出，这些矛盾的结果可能反映出缺乏建立解释这种关系的机制。Yeates及其同事（2004年）提出了一种可能的模型，其中，解决社会问题的技能的成熟程度调节了执行功能与社会成果之间的关系。当前的研究旨在探索这种模型，并确定社会问题的解决是否在TBI人群中介导了执行功能和社会成果之间的关系。样本由36位青少年和年轻成人组成，他们的TBI在8至12岁之间。他们的年龄介于16至22岁之间，受伤后为7至10岁。研究结果表明，较高的执行功能障碍与较复杂的社会问题解决技能和较差的社会结果有关。此外，发现社会解决问题的能力的成熟可以调节该组中执行功能和社会成果之间的关系。