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Psychosocial status after pediatric traumatic brain injury: A subtype analysis using the Child Behavior Checklist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2003

Susan E. Hayman-Abello ,
Byron P. Rourke  and
Darren R. Fuerst
Susan E. Hayman-Abello*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Byron P. Rourke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Darren R. Fuerst
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Reprint requests to: Susan E. Hayman-Abello, Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4 Canada. E-mail: hayman2@uwindsor.ca
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Abstract

This study identified subtypes of psychosocial functioning in children who had sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI). Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) profiles for 92 participants, aged 12 to 18 years, who had sustained a mild, moderate, or severe TBI were subjected to Q-Factor analysis. Sixty-four of the participants (75%) were classified into a four-category psychosocial typology labelled Normal (n = 32), Attention (n = 14), Delinquent (n = 10), and Withdrawn–Somatic (n = 8). This typology was found to overlap in part with previous TBI psychosocial typology (Butler et al., 1997), and with three of the clinical profile types derived by Achenbach (1993) for the CBCL. The majority of participants, including those who sustained severe TBI, were assigned to the Normal subtype and the overall level of psychosocial deviance was relatively mild in the other three subtypes. The results of this study support previous typology efforts and confirm the heterogeneous presentation of social and emotional functioning following TBI. (JINS, 2003, 9, 887–898.)

Keywords

TBIPsychosocialSubtypesCBCL
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 9 , Issue 6 , September 2003 , pp. 887 - 898
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2003

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