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Predictors of Traumatic Brain Injury Caregiver Adjustment and the Role of Irrational Beliefs: Towards a Cognitive Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2015

Peter Stebbins ,
Kenneth I. Pakenham  and
Paul Leung
Peter Stebbins
Affiliation:
University of Queensland, Australia
Kenneth I. Pakenham*
Affiliation:
University of Queensland, Australia
Paul Leung
Affiliation:
University of North Texas, USA
*
Dr Kenneth Pakenham, Director Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre, School of Psychology, The University of QueenslandQLD 4072, Australia.
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Abstract

The provision of care to a relative with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been shown to be distressing for the primary caregiver (usually the spouse or parent). Much research has examined factors which affect caregiver adjustment to brain injury. However, the impact of caregiver cognitions, in particular irrational beliefs, as a potential factor in poor adjustment, has received little if any attention in the TBI caregiving literature. This article provides a review of predictors of TBI caregiver adjustment and a discussion of the cognitive model and the impact of irrational beliefs on adjustment. As caregivers are central to the rehabilitation process, there is a need for research into irrational beliefs and TBI caregivers as well as the development of interventions which focus specifically on the caregiver's beliefs and perceptions of events.

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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , 2000 , pp. 33 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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