Open AccessDriving after pediatric traumatic brain injury: Impact of distraction and executive functioning.
Author(s) -
Megan E. Narad,
Patrick Nalepka,
Aimee E. Miley,
Dean W. Beebe,
Brad G. Kurowski,
Shari L. Wade
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rehabilitation psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1939-1544
pISSN - 0090-5550
DOI - 10.1037/rep0000329
Subject(s) - distraction , traumatic brain injury , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , cognitive psychology
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.