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The unique contribution of character strengths to quality of life in persons with multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-20 Susan Miller Smedema,Muna Bhattarai
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the 24 character strengths in Peterson and Seligman's (2004) model on quality of life in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), controlling for more commonly investigated biopsychosocial variables including resilience, social support, personality traits, depression, fatigue, and disability. METHOD Six hundred and 24 individuals with
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Relationship adjustment and quality among sexual minority persons with disabilities. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-13 Franco Dispenza,Stacey E McElroy-Heltzel,Kyndel Tarziers
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Little is known about romantic relationship adjustment or perceptions of relationship quality (e.g., commitment and trust) among sexual minority persons with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore if collective self-esteem, disability adjustment, attachment styles, and cultural humility served as unique correlates and predictors of relationship adjustment and relationship
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Feasibility and acceptability of a single-session, videoconference-delivered group intervention for pain in multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-13 Kevin N Alschuler,Jennifer K Altman,Dawn M Ehde
OBJECTIVE Chronic pain is one of the most common and interfering symptoms experienced by people with MS. There is an opportunity to shift the paradigm from interventions delivered after pain has become chronic to early, proactive interventions to alter the impact of MS-related pain. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a remotely delivered single-session group intervention to modify the
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Mediational models of pain, mental health, and functioning in individuals with burn injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-10 Annahir N Cariello,Paul B Perrin,Carmen M Tyler,Bradford S Pierce,Kathryn E Maher,Heather Librandi,Megan E Sutter,Michael J Feldman
Purpose/Objective: Despite the increasingly high number of individuals who survive burns and the documented impairments in functioning across psychological, work, sexual, and interpersonal domains, there has been a dearth of research investigating connections between pain and functioning in these domains after burn injury. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationships among
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Sleep impairment is related to health-related quality of life among caregivers of lower-functioning traumatic brain injury survivors. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-10 Noelle E Carlozzi,Nicholas R Boileau,Robin A Hanks,Angelle M Sander,Risa Nakase-Richardson,Jill P Massengale
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine perceived sleep-related impairment in caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Specifically, we examined the relationship between caregiver-perceived sleep-related impairment and different aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and explored whether these relationships were moderated by the perceived level of everyday
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Measuring personal growth in partners of persons with multiple sclerosis: A new scale. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Sonya Kim, Vance Zemon, Frederick W. Foley
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the development and validation of a personal growth scale in caregiving partners of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHOD Two studies were conducted: one to identify possible constructs and items, and another to and examine the instrument's psychometric properties. Study 1 consisted of focus groups of 39 partners of patients with MS, expert
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Interpersonal violence against people with disabilities: Additional concerns and considerations in the COVID-19 pandemic. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Emily M Lund
Objective/Purpose: The objective of this article is to provide information about the ways in which the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may affect the ongoing public health issue of violence against people with disabilities and how rehabilitation psychologists and other providers can address these concerns in their practice. METHOD This article reviews the literature on violence against people
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Gratitude is positively associated with quality of life in multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Tara A Crouch,Erin K Verdi,Thane M Erickson
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Individuals diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) often experience decreased quality of life (QoL), in part attributable to fatigue, depression (Benedict et al., 2005), and cognitive dysfunction (Cutajar et al., 2000). Beyond these well-established predictors, the positive trait of gratitude-attentiveness to positive features in one's life-has predicted QoL in the context of other
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Clinical utility and psychometric properties of the Apathy Evaluation Scale. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Beatrice Lee,Carey Gleason,Emre Umucu
The Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) is a tool utilized with individuals with brain injury, neurocognitive disorders, and other mixed populations to quantify and characterize apathy in adults. The scale "treats apathy as a psychological dimension defined by simultaneous deficits in the overt behavioral, cognitive, and emotional concomitants of goal-directed behavior." It has three versions: self-rated
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Disability affirmation and acceptance predict hope among adults with physical disabilities. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Mercedes A Zapata
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Positive disability identity has been proposed as a protective factor against disability-related stressors. Personal disability identity (PDI) refers to positive self-concept as a person with a disability. The most widely used measure of PDI captures disability affirmation and disability acceptance (Hahn & Belt, 2004). The current study examined the association between PDI (i.e.,
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Self-regulatory efficacy for exercise in cardiac rehabilitation: Review and recommendations for measurement. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Sean R Locke,Casey J McMahon,Lawrence R Brawley
PURPOSE Self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) is a psychological resource necessary for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) exercise adoption and maintenance. A 2008 review of self-efficacy for CR exercise identified the need for more high-quality research on SRE. The present review had 4 purposes: (a) to review the characteristics of empirical SRE and CR exercise research since 2008; (b) to examine the quality of
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Driving after pediatric traumatic brain injury: Impact of distraction and executive functioning. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Megan E Narad,Patrick Nalepka,Aimee E Miley,Dean W Beebe,Brad G Kurowski,Shari L Wade
OBJECTIVE The objective of the current study was to examine the driving performance of young drivers with a history of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared with an uninjured control group. The impact of cell phone related distraction (conversation and texting) and executive functioning (EF) were also explored. METHOD Individuals aged 16-25 years with (n = 19) and without (n = 19)
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Behavioral and emotional quality of life of patients undergoing inpatient geriatric rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Saskia Bordne,Christian Rietz,Ralf-Joachim Schulz,Susanne Zank
PURPOSE In the context of geriatric rehabilitation, 2 quality of life (QoL) facets are of particular importance: a behavioral, more objective facet, and an emotional, more subjective facet. This study looked at changes in these 2 QoL facets during rehabilitation, their relationship to each other and potential mediating processes. DESIGN Ninety-two geriatric patients were assessed by the geriatric assessment
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Examining the impact of COVID-19 on stress and coping strategies in individuals with disabilities and chronic conditions. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Emre Umucu,Beatrice Lee
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe the perceived stress levels and coping mechanisms related to COVID-19, and whether coping is related to well-being in people with self-reported chronic conditions and disabilities. Research Method/Design: A cross-sectional survey design was implemented. The total number of participants were 269 individuals with self-reported disabilities and chronic conditions
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Partners' attachment styles and overprotective support as predictors of patient outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Shea E O'Bertos,Diane Holmberg,Christopher A Shields,Lauren P Matheson
OBJECTIVE This study investigates whether the adult attachment styles of support partners in a cardiac rehabilitation context predict their use of overprotective support strategies, and whether such overprotection in turn predicts lower self-efficacy and poorer program attendance in cardiac rehabilitation patients. RESEARCH METHOD Participants were 69 partner-patient dyads, mostly older adults (mean
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Mindfulness training for emotion dysregulation in multiple sclerosis: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Brittney Schirda,Elizabeth Duraney,H Kyu Lee,Heena R Manglani,Rebecca R Andridge,Andre Plate,Jaqueline A Nicholas,Ruchika Shaurya Prakash
OBJECTIVE People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) report greater emotion dysregulation, which is associated with increased symptoms of depression and anxiety, and reduced quality of life. Given the transdiagnostic significance of emotion dysregulation, the current study was designed to assess the feasibility and treatment effects of mindfulness meditation in reducing emotion dysregulation for PwMS. METHOD
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Factors associated with employment and work perception in combat-exposed veterans. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Victoria C Merritt,Sarah M Jurick,Laura D Crocker,Amber V Keller,Samantha N Hoffman,Amy J Jak
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was 2-fold: (a) to evaluate whether perception of work ability is associated with employment status in a sample of combat-exposed veterans, and (b) to determine whether the same sets of variables that are associated with employment status are also associated with perception of work ability. Research Method/Design: In this cross-sectional study, veterans (N
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Health literacy, health outcomes, and the caregiver role in traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-28 Elizabeth A Hahn,Nicholas R Boileau,Robin A Hanks,Angelle M Sander,Jennifer A Miner,Noelle E Carlozzi
Purpose/Objective: The purpose of this study is to estimate the occurrence of low health literacy among caregivers of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and to evaluate associations of health literacy with caregiver health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and perceptions of the caregiving role. Research Method/Design: The TBI-CareQOL measurement system assesses important self-reported outcomes
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Do emotional distress and functional problems in persons with traumatic brain injury contribute to perceived sleep-related impairment in caregivers? Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-14 Anna L Kratz,Nicholas R Boileau,Angelle M Sander,Risa Nakase-Richardson,Robin A Hanks,Jill P Massengale,Jennifer A Miner,Noelle E Carlozzi
OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to examine the association between characteristics of persons with traumatic brain injury (PwTBI) and perceived sleep-related impairment of the caregivers. METHOD Fifty-two dyads (n = 23 civilians, n = 29 service members/veterans [SMVs]) were enrolled. Caregivers completed the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep-Related Impairment computer
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Pain interference and quality of life in combat veterans: Examining the roles of posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and sleep quality. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-07 Anna S Ord,Sagar S Lad,Robert D Shura,Jared A Rowland,Katherine H Taber,Sarah L Martindale
OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to examine the associations among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), sleep quality, pain interference, and quality of life in combat veterans. METHOD Veterans (N = 289, 86.51% male) completed the Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury, the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5, and measures of sleep quality
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A systematic review of factors related to employment in transition-age youth with visual impairments. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Emily M. Lund, Jennifer L. Cmar
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Individuals with visual impairments, including transition-age youth, have much lower employment rates than their peers without disabilities. We conducted a systematic review to examine the factors that predict employment in American youth with visual impairments. Research/Method: We used a three-pronged approach to identify articles via databases search, hand search, and ancestral
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Neurobehavioral symptoms by gender and experience of nightmares after traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Andrew Nabasny,John M Myrga,Shannon B Juengst
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to assess how neurobehavioral symptoms following traumatic brain injury (TBI) may differ based on gender and the experience of nightmares. Research Method/Design: This cross-sectional study of community-dwelling adults ≥ 3 months post-TBI (n = 110) assessed differences in neurobehavioral symptoms between women (n = 41) and men (n = 69) by experience of
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Development and initial validation of the Clinician Attitude Toward Violence Affecting Women With Disabilities (CAVAWD) Scale: An exploratory study. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Dalia Chowdhury
BACKGROUND The study aim was to develop and psychometrically assess an instrument to measure clinician attitude and competence in understanding violence affecting women with disabilities. METHOD Data were collected from 419 clinicians with a master's degree or higher. Once collected, data was split randomly into two equal groups. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the first half of the data
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Psychometric properties of the SAFE-D: A measure of acculturative stress among deaf undergraduate students. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Aileen Aldalur,Lawrence H Pick,Deborah Schooler,Deborah Maxwell-McCaw
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Members of minority groups may face stress as they navigate between their native culture and the dominant culture. No measure exists for evaluating acculturative stress among deaf individuals in the United States. The current study examined the psychometric properties of a modified version of the 24-item Social Attitudinal Familial and Environmental Acculturative Stress Scale (SAFE;
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Promoting equity at the population level: Putting the foundational principles into practice through disability advocacy. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Jagriti 'Jackie' Bhattarai,Jacob Bentley,Whitney Morean,Stephen T Wegener,Keshia M Pollack Porter
Rehabilitation psychology is based on foundational principles that can guide us toward health equity among disabled and nondisabled communities. We summarize the literature on disparities in the disability community and underscore the urgency to address underlying inequities to eliminate disparities. We include examples of population-level interventions that promote equity in the disability community
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Explicit and implicit disability attitudes of healthcare providers. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Laura VanPuymbrouck,Carli Friedman,Heather Feldner
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Health care providers' attitudes of marginalized groups can be key factors that contribute to health care access and outcome disparities because of their influence on patient encounters as well as clinical decision-making. Despite a growing body of knowledge linking disparate health outcomes to providers' clinical decision making, less research has focused on providers' attitudes
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The relationship between Parkinson's disease symptoms and caregiver quality of life. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Richard S Henry,Sarah K Lageman,Paul B Perrin
OBJECTIVE Caregivers for individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) can experience high burden, which underlies the importance of examining the needs of caregivers to be able to support them in the caregiving role. The current study aims to assess the relationships among PD symptoms and four measures of caregiver quality of life (QOL; i.e., personal and social activities, anxiety and depression, self-care
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Development of a resilience item bank and short forms. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Dagmar Amtmann,Alyssa M Bamer,Kevin N Alschuler,Fraser D Bocell,Dawn M Ehde,Mark P Jensen,Kurt Johnson,Mara B Nery-Hurwit,Rana Salem,Arielle Silverman,Amanda E Smith,Alexandra L Terrill,Ivan Molton
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop a publicly available, psychometrically sound item bank and short forms for measuring resilience in any population, but especially resilience in individuals with chronic medical conditions or long-term disability. RESEARCH METHODS A panel of 9 experts including disability researchers, clinical psychologists, and health outcomes researchers developed a
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Understanding domains that influence perceived stigma in individuals with Huntington disease. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Nicholas R Boileau,Jane S Paulsen,Rebecca E Ready,Elizabeth A Hahn,Jin-Shei Lai,Noelle E Carlozzi
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Persons with Huntington's disease experience stigma because of their gene status. Whereas perceived stigma has been found to impact quality of life, it is unknown how different health domains (i.e., physical, emotional, cognitive, and social) are associated with feelings of stigma. In addition, stigma research has been limited by the use of cross-sectional analyses. The current study
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Factor structure and invariance of the pain catastrophizing scale in patients with chronic pain and their spouses. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-04-06 Fatemeh Akbari, Mohsen Dehghani, Somayyeh Mohammadi
PURPOSE This study was designed to investigate the equivalency and factor structure of the patients and significant others' version of pain catastrophizing scales in patients with chronic pain and their spouses who are not in pain. METHOD Participants were 142 married couples in which 1 spouse reported chronic musculoskeletal pain. Confirmatory factor analyses were used to compare 4 models of pain
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Differentiating state versus trait pain catastrophizing. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-03-26 Melissa A. Day, Georgia Young, Mark P. Jensen
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE This study investigated the type and recency of the pain experience recalled (i.e., pain referent) by a healthy group and a chronic/recurrent pain group when they responded to the trait version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). We also aimed to disentangle the influence of trait personality factors and state oriented pain-related cognitive processes on PCS scores. Research
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Behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition: An examination of function in chronic pain. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Aaron P Turner,Mark P Jensen,Melissa A Day,Rhonda M Williams
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to examine the BIS-BAS model of chronic pain. This model posits that 2 neurophysiological systems-the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) sensitized to and activated by punishment cues and the behavioral activation system (BAS) sensitized to and activated by reward cues-make independent and concurrent contributions to 2 domains of pain-related function:
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A qualitative exploration of perceived injustice among individuals living with spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Kimberley R. Monden, Angela Philippus, Christina Draganich, Bria MacIntyre, Susan Charlifue
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present qualitative study was to explore how people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) conceptualize 2 factors believed to contribute to perceptions of injustice (i.e., severity/irreparability of loss and blame/sense of unfairness) and identify specific sources that contribute to these perceptions. Research Method/Design: To assess perceived injustice, the 12-item
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Healthcare coverage and utilization among caregivers in the United States: Findings from the 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Jamie L Tingey,Jeremiah Lum,Whitney Morean,Rebecca Franklin,Jacob A Bentley
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Caregivers are vital to our health care system and its sustainability, yet extensive literature has recognized caregivers' vulnerabilities for experiencing financial, physical, and emotional difficulties-compromising the sustainability of their services. The risks associated with being a caregiver are not well-defined and warrant further exploration to guide national health initiatives
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Feasibility of National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery in pediatric brain injury rehabilitation settings. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 William Watson,Alison Pedowitz,Sophie Nowak,Christine Neumayer,Elana Kaplan,Sudhin Shah
OBJECTIVE Cognitive impairments are a devastating consequence of acquired brain injury (ABI) in children. Current pediatric tools for assessing cognitive impairments are generally time intensive and applicable only to a restricted age span. The National Institutes of Health Toolbox-Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) is a standardized, tablet-based cognitive assessment that has been normed across the life
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Initial factor exploration of disability identity. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Anjali J Forber-Pratt,Gabriel J Merrin,Carlyn O Mueller,Larry R Price,Heather Hensman Kettrey
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE This article describes the initial factor exploration of disability identity and preliminary psychometric characteristics based on an adult self-report tool. Disability was defined broadly, and the sample included individuals with visible and/or hidden disabilities across many disability groups (i.e., physical, intellectual, learning, mental illness). METHOD Items were developed (n
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The Social Determinants of Health Index. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Carli Friedman
BACKGROUND Health disparities are avoidable differences that disproportionately impact certain groups. Health equity demands attention to social determinants of health (SDOH), particularly for people with disabilities who often have poorer outcomes and face more health inequities than nondisabled peers. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop a Social Determinants of Health Index for people
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Cognition and functional capacity following traumatic brain injury in veterans. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Jillian M R Clark,Amy J Jak,Elizabeth W Twamley
OBJECTIVE Performance-based tests of functional capacity are rarely used in research on mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI), but they may function as a link between cognitive impairment and real-world functioning. We sought to examine the relationship between cognitive functioning and performance-based functional capacity, as measured by the University of California San Diego Performance-Based
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How to cope with disabilities: Development and psychometric properties of the Coping With Disability Difficulties Scale (CDDS). Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Daniel Pérez-Garín,Patricia Recio,Prado Silván-Ferrero,Encarnación Nouvilas,María José Fuster-Ruiz de Apodaca
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Coping With Disability Difficulties Scale (CDDS), a scale to measure the coping strategies used by people with disabilities to face the disability-related difficulties (caused by both disability itself and by stigma) they encounter in their daily lives. METHOD/DESIGN An initial pool of 110 items was developed
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Distress and resilience among unintentional injuries survivors in Kenya: A qualitative study. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Yuen W Hung,Joseph J Gallo,Wietse Tol,Rachel Syokau,Abdulgafoor M Bachani
OBJECTIVE Unintentional injuries such as road traffic injuries constitute a major facet of health and disability in low- and middle-income countries. Survivors of moderate or severe unintentional injuries are at risk of psychological distress, although many people show resilience during recovery. This article describes the experience and contributing factors of psychological distress and resilience
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No evidence of associations among body composition and symptoms in persons with multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Stephanie L Silveira,Lara A Pilutti,Robert W Motl
OBJECTIVE To examine the association among body composition, defined as the percentage of body fat mass (BF) and lean mass (LM), bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) in the human body and the presentation of symptoms (i.e., fatigue, pain, depression, anxiety, and poor sleep quality) in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). DESIGN The present study is a secondary analysis of baseline
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"Descubriendo Soluciones Juntos"-An argument for adapting problem-solving training for Latinx care partners after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-01-23 Marlene Vega,Andrew Nabasny,Shannon B Juengst
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE This commentary demonstrates the need for culturally adapted interventions to support informal caregivers (care partners) of adults with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), proposes and supports an evidence-based intervention, Problem-Solving Training (PST), uniquely suitable for cultural adaptation for Latinx care partners, and describes several considerations and concrete suggestions
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Assessing vigilance in caregivers after traumatic brain injury: TBI-CareQOL Caregiver Vigilance. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-01-23 Noelle E Carlozzi,Rael T Lange,Michael A Kallen,Nicholas R Boileau,Angelle M Sander,Jill P Massengale,Risa Nakase-Richardson,David S Tulsky,Louis M French,Elizabeth A Hahn,Phillip A Ianni,Jennifer A Miner,Robin Hanks,Tracey A Brickell
OBJECTIVE Caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently experience anxiety related to the caregiver role. Often this is due to a caregiver's perceived need to avoid people and situations that might upset or "trigger" the care recipient. There are currently no self-report measures that capture these feelings; thus, this article describes the development and preliminary validation
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Severity of military traumatic brain injury influences caregiver health-related quality of life. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-01-23 Tracey A Brickell,Bridget A Cotner,Louis M French,Noelle E Carlozzi,Danielle R O'Connor,Risa Nakase-Richardson,Rael T Lange
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity on the health-related quality of life of caregivers providing care to service members/veterans (SMV) following a TBI. Research Method/Design: Thirty caregivers (90.0% female; 70.0% spouse; age: M = 39.5 years, SD = 10.7) of SMVs who sustained a mild, moderate, severe, or penetrating TBI were recruited from Walter Reed
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Spirituality and outcomes in caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-01-09 Robin A Hanks,Nicholas R Boileau,Andria L Norman,Risa Nakase-Richardson,Kyr Hudson Mariouw,Noelle E Carlozzi
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Spiritual well-being has been associated with better quality of life outcomes in caregivers, but the associations among the care recipient's functional status, the caregiver's spiritual well-being, and the caregiver's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is unknown. Research Method/Design: The study examined the Spiritual Well-Being Scale in caregivers of persons with traumatic
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TBI-CareQOL military health care frustration in caregivers of service members/veterans with traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2020-01-09 Noelle E Carlozzi,Rael T Lange,Louis M French,Michael A Kallen,Nicholas R Boileau,Robin A Hanks,Risa Nakase-Richardson,Jill P Massengale,Angelle M Sander,Elizabeth A Hahn,Jennifer A Miner,Tracey A Brickell
PURPOSE Caregivers of service members/veterans (SMVs) encounter a number of barriers when navigating the military health care system. The purpose of this study was to develop a new measure to assess potential caregiver frustration with the systems of care and benefits in the United States Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. METHOD The TBI-CareQOL Military Health Care Frustration measure was
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Can a couples’ intervention reduce unmet needs and caregiver burden after brain injury? Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-12-19 Kristin M. Graham, Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, Jennifer H. Marwitz, Adam P. Sima, Nancy H. Hsu
OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Couples Intervention (TCI) on caregiver needs and burden after brain injury. RESEARCH METHOD Individuals with brain injury and their intimate partners/caregivers (n = 75) participated in a 2-arm, parallel, randomized trial with a waitlist control. The TCI consisted of 5 2-hr sessions, with a sixth optional session for parents. The Family Needs
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TBI-CareQOL family disruption: Family disruption in caregivers of persons with TBI. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-12-16 Noelle E. Carlozzi, Rael T. Lange, Nicholas R. Boileau, Michael A. Kallen, Angelle M. Sander, Robin A. Hanks, Risa Nakase-Richardson, David S. Tulsky, Jill P. Massengale, Louis M. French, Tracey A. Brickell
PURPOSE Family disruption is often an indirect consequence of providing care for a person with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This article describes the development and preliminary validation of a Family Disruption scale designed for inclusion within the TBI-CareQOL measurement system. METHOD/DESIGN Five hundred thirty-four caregivers of persons with TBI (service member/veteran n = 316; civilian n =
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Reliability and validity data to support the clinical utility of the Traumatic Brain Injury Caregiver Quality of Life (TBI-CareQOL). Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Noelle E. Carlozzi, Nicholas R. Boileau, Michael A. Kallen, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Elizabeth A. Hahn, David S. Tulsky, Jennifer A. Miner, Robin A. Hanks, Jill P. Massengale, Rael T. Lange, Tracey A. Brickell, Louis M. French, Phillip A. Ianni, Angelle M. Sander
OBJECTIVE The Traumatic Brain Injury Caregiver Quality of Life (TBI-CareQOL) is a patient-reported outcome measurement system that is specific to caregivers of civilians and service members/veterans (SMVs) with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This measurement system includes 26 item banks that represent both generic (i.e., borrowed from existing measurement systems) and caregiver-specific components
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Rey Tangled Line Test: A measure of processing speed in TBI. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Annie-Lori C Joseph,Hope A Peterson,Katelyn M Garcia,Shannon M McNally,Tracyann K Mburu,Sara M Lippa,John Dsurney,Leighton Chan
OBJECTIVE Neuropsychological assessment plays a key role in characterizing and detecting cognitive impairment after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Rey Tangled Line Test (RTLT), an understudied neuropsychological assessment thought to be capable of detecting visual processing deficits, was examined to determine which cognitive abilities may contribute to performance on the test in participants with
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Validity of sitting time scores from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form in multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Robert W Motl,Jeffer E Sasaki,Katie L Cederberg,Brenda Jeng
PURPOSE The current study examined the validity of scores from the sitting time item on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) in a sample of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHOD Persons with MS were recruited through the distribution of printed letters to a random sample of 1,000 persons from the North American Research Committee on MS registry. Two hundred
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Alexithymia in adolescents with and without chronic pain. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Rachel V Aaron,Emma A Fisher,Tonya M Palermo
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE Alexithymia refers to reduced emotional awareness and is associated with higher levels of burden and disability in adults with chronic pain. Limited research has examined alexithymia in adolescents with chronic pain. The current study aimed to (a) determine whether alexithymia was higher in adolescents with (vs. without) chronic pain and (b) examine the relationship between alexithymia
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The development of a short form of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Madison Sunnquist,Savitri Lazarus,Leonard A Jason
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE The DePaul Symptom Questionnaire (DSQ) is a widely used instrument that assesses common symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The DSQ has strong psychometric properties; however, it consists of 99 items, and the energy limitations and cognitive difficulties experienced by individuals with ME and CFS may hinder their ability to easily complete
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Measuring posttraumatic growth and depreciation after spinal cord injury: A Rasch analysis. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Simon Kunz,Carolina Fellinghauer,Claudio Peter
PURPOSE Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) may experience both positive (posttraumatic growth, PTG) and negative (posttraumatic depreciation, PTD) psychological changes following the injury. PTG and PTD were assessed using the 10-item short form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-SF) and 10 matched negatively worded items for PTD (selected from the PTGI-42) within the Swiss Spinal Cord
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Neurocognitive status and return to work after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Tessa Hart,Jessica M Ketchum,Therese M O'Neil-Pirozzi,Thomas A Novack,Doug Johnson-Greene,Kristen Dams-O'Connor
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship of cognitive status to employment outcomes at 1-year post moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), using a brief telephone-administered instrument. Research Method/Design: Prospective longitudinal study in which 320 people with moderate-severe TBI, all employed at injury, were enrolled during inpatient rehabilitation and evaluated at 1-year postinjury
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Characterization of lifetime TBIs in a cohort of recently deployed soldiers: The warrior strong study. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Lisa M Betthauser,Rachel Sayko Adams,Trisha A Hostetter,Ann I Scher,Karen Schwab,Lisa A Brenner
OBJECTIVE To describe and characterize the lifetime history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among active duty soldiers returning from deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq. METHOD Data were extracted from a larger parent study that was conducted at two large United States Army bases between 2009 and 2014 during Post-Deployment Health Assessment. The sample included 1,060 soldiers who sustained at least
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Resilience facilitates adjustment through greater psychological flexibility among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans with and without mild traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Timothy R Elliott,Yu-Yu Hsiao,Nathan A Kimbrel,Bryann B DeBeer,Suzy Bird Gulliver,Oi-Man Kwok,Sandra B Morissette,Eric C Meyer
OBJECTIVES Although many Iraq/Afghanistan warzone veterans report few problems with adjustment, a substantial proportion report debilitating mental health symptoms and functional impairment, suggesting the influence of personal factors that may promote adjustment. A significant minority also incur warzone-related traumatic brain injury (TBI), the majority of which are of mild severity (mTBI). We tested
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Insomnia prevalence among U.S. Army soldiers with history of TBI. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Caterina B Mosti,Elizabeth A Klingaman,Janeese A Brownlow,Philip R Gehrman
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of insomnia among active-duty soldiers with and without a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Research Method and Design: Data were extracted from the All Army Study (AAS), a cross-sectional, self-report survey completed by a representative sample of 21,499 U.S. Army soldiers from 2011 to 2013 as part of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers
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Meaning in life and physical quality of life: Cross-lagged associations during inpatient rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Katarzyna Czekierda,Karolina Horodyska,Anna Banik,Lea Wilhelm,Nina Knoll,Aleksandra Luszczynska
OBJECTIVES This study investigated reciprocal associations between meaning in life and physical quality of life (QOL) in the rehabilitation context. It was hypothesized that a higher level of meaning in life at Time 1 (T1) would predict better physical QOL at Time 2 (T2), and that better physical QOL (T1) would predict a higher level of meaning in life (T2). RESEARCH METHOD This longitudinal study
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Sleep quality in returning veterans: The influence of mild traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology (IF 1.484) Pub Date : 2017-07-14 Sarah L Martindale,Leah V Farrell-Carnahan,Christi S Ulmer,Nathan A Kimbrel,Scott D McDonald,Jared A Rowland,
OBJECTIVE Sleep disturbance is a key behavioral health concern among Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans and is a frequent complaint among veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Currently, it is unclear whether sleep disturbance is a core sequelae of mTBI or if it may be related to other behavioral health conditions that are commonly present in postdeployment veterans. The purpose
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