Self-focused processing after severe traumatic brain injury: Relationship to neurocognitive functioning and mood symptoms.

CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with better memory functioning may be more likely to engage in self-focused processing after severe TBI. Reflection without ruminative tendencies is more adaptive for mental health than reflection with rumination. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Individuals with severe TBI report more mood symptoms than non-injured controls but do not differ on self-focused processing. Poorer memory function is related to lower levels of rumination and reflection. Reflection without ruminative tendencies is adaptive for mental health after severe TBI. Individuals with greater self-awareness and ruminative tendencies are at increased risk of mental health problems following severe TBI. LIMITATIONS: Rumination and reflection were assessed using a self-report measure which assumes that people with severe TBI are able to reliably report on self-focused processing styles. The direction of associations between self-focused processing, self-awareness, and mood symptoms could not be determined due to the cross-sectional design. PMID: 29808542 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Clinical Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Br J Clin Psychol Source Type: research