Social Problem-Solving Abilities and Adjustment to Recent-Onset Spinal Cord Injury Academic Article

abstract

• Objective: To examine the relation of social problem-solving abilities to psychological and physical adjustment of persons with recent spinal cord injuries (SCIs). Design: Correlational procedures were used. Participants: One hundred eighty-six persons with recent SCI completed self-report measures during inpatient rehabilitation; 94 returned for an annual evaluation. Main Outcome Measures: Acceptance of disability, career needs, and pressure sore diagnoses. Results: Greater negative problem orientation predicted each self- report outcome variable; completeness of lesion was the best predictor of pressure sore diagnosis. Conclusions: The problem orientation component appears to relate to self-reported adjustment among persons with SCI in a theoretically consistent fashion.

authors

• Elliott, Timothy

published proceedings

• Rehabilitation Psychology

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Elliott, T. R.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• Elliott, Timothy R

publication date

• January 1999

publisher

• American Psychological Association (APA)  Publisher

published in

• Rehabilitation Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Behavioral And Social Science
• Clinical Research
• Injuries And Accidents
• Injury (total) Accidents/adverse Effects
• Injury - Trauma - (head And Spine)
• Neurodegenerative
• Rehabilitation
• Spinal Cord Injury

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1037/0090-5550.44.4.315

start page

• 315

end page

• 332

volume

• 44

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0090-5550.44.4.315