Open AccessAdaptive functioning following pediatric traumatic brain injury: Relationship to executive function and processing speed.
Author(s) -
Emily L. Shultz,
Kristen R. Hoskinson,
Madelaine C. Keim,
Maureen Dennis,
H. Gerry Taylor,
Erin D. Bigler,
Kenneth H. Rubin,
Kathryn Vannatta,
Cynthia A. Gerhardt,
Terry Stancin,
Keith Owen Yeates
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1931-1559
pISSN - 0894-4105
DOI - 10.1037/neu0000288
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , traumatic brain injury , social information processing , executive functions , social cognition , poison control , association (psychology) , adaptive functioning , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , environmental health
Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) may affect children's ability to perform everyday tasks (i.e., adaptive functioning). Guided by the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) model, we explored the association between TBI and adaptive functioning at increasing levels of specificity (global, AAIDD domains, and subscales). We also examined the contributions of executive function and processing speed as mediators of TBI's effects on adaptive functioning.