Catastrophizing is associated with excess cognitive symptom reporting after mild traumatic brain injury.

Conclusions: Catastrophizing is associated with misperceptions of cognitive functioning following mTBI, specifically overreporting cognitive symptoms relative to neuropsychological performance. Symptom catastrophizing may be an important determinant of cognitive symptom reporting months after mTBI. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Neuropsychology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research