Keywords

determination, fatigue, self-efficacy, social participation, traumatic brain injury

 

Authors

  1. Dumont, Claire PhD
  2. Gervais, Marie PhD
  3. Fougeyrollas, Patrick PhD
  4. Bertrand, Richard PhD

Abstract

Objective: To identify resiliency factors that could improve social participation for adults with traumatic brain injury.

 

Design: Cross-sectional single measurement, correlational and exploratory study, including quantitative and qualitative data.

 

Participants: Fifty-three community-dwelling people with sequelae of traumatic brain injury, individually interviewed, which included filling out questionnaires and answering open-ended questions.

 

Main Measures: Social participation, self-efficacy, and positive mental states.

 

Results: Dynamism, self-efficacy, and will account for 51% of the variance in social participation and are the main resiliency factors. Fatigue is one of the sequelae that pose the greatest challenge to self-efficacy and limit social participation.

 

Conclusion: Resiliency factors constitute a target for research and intervention for this population.