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Understanding adjustment following traumatic brain injury: is the Goodness-of-Fit coping hypothesis useful?
- Authors:
- KENDALL Elizabeth, TERRY Deborah J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 67(8), October 2008, pp.1217-1224.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Coping efforts have been recognised as an important aspect of resilience following traumatic brain injury, but little is known about what constitutes effective coping in this population. This longitudinal research examined the usefulness of the Goodness-of-Fit hypothesis, drawn from the Lazarus and Folkman [(1984). Stress, appraisal and coping. NY: Springer.] theory of stress and coping, as a way of understanding coping effectiveness. The hypothesis suggests that the nature and success of specific coping strategies will be associated with the controllability of the event. If an event is relatively uncontrollable, then emotion-focused or perception-focused coping may be more effective than problem-focused coping. In contrast, a controllable event may be best managed through problem-focused coping. Ninety people with traumatic brain injury, drawn from the inpatient rehabilitation unit of a major metropolitan hospital in Australia, and their relatives participated in this longitudinal study. No support was found for the Goodness-of-Fit model, either in the short term or the long term. Although the use of problem-focused coping strategies was positively associated with short-term and long-term role functioning, it was not associated with long-term emotional well-being if the situation was perceived to be controllable. The findings suggest that the persistent use of problem-focused coping in response to the difficulties created by traumatic brain injury can be associated with emotional distress in the long term. Reasons for this finding are explored and its implications are discussed.
The aftermath of road trauma: survivors' perceptions of trauma and growth
- Authors:
- HARMS Louise, TALBOT Michelle
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 32(2), May 2007, pp.129-137.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
For many survivors of serious road trauma, the physical and psychological consequences are complex and lifelong. The longer-term psychosocial recovery experience for survivors, however, is rarely documented in the social work literature. This article reports on findings from a study of road trauma recovery experiences. The findings are presented in relation to posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress experiences, as measured by the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory and the Impact of Event Scale. Data were collected from 79 anonymous self-administered postal surveys from participants who had received treatment in an Australian rehabilitation centre following serious orthopaedic injury. One-third of these survivors continued to experience serious psychological distress in the aftermath of road trauma and a range of other psychosocial consequences four years after their accident. Although 87 percent of the sample continued to experience posttraumatic stress difficulties, 99 percent reported experiences of posttraumatic growth. Implications of these findings for social work practice are discussed.
After the accident: survivors perceptions of recovery following road trauma
- Author:
- HARMS Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 57(2), June 2004, pp.161-174.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Road accidents affect thousands of lives each year in Australia. This article discusses findings from three years of research into survivors of major road trauma. The research aimed to examine how survivors of road trauma understood their own experiences of recovery, after sustaining serious orthopaedic injuries and undergoing rehabilitation at a Victorian rehabilitation centre. Seventy-nine respondents completed a self-administered survey and 24 of these respondents then participated in in-depth telephone interviews. Using an ecological framework, the research focused on psychosocial and subjective factors in recovery. The qualitative aspects of recovery are presented – the analysis of perceptions of trauma, recovery, recovery resources and coping in the future. Four main themes of recovery are identified – finding a new fit, the privacy of suffering, anticipatory coping and survivor pride. These themes highlight the complexity of the recovery process.
The impact of trauma on drug users' identities
- Author:
- ETHERINGTON Kim
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 35(4), November 2007, pp.453-469.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article addresses drug users' identity construction, and invites counsellors, psychotherapists, researchers and others who work with drug misusers to notice how cultural and societal discourses can shape drug misusers' stories, and the positions from which helpers listen and respond to them. By representing and analysing parts of two life stories, gathered as part of a wider narrative inquiry, this article draws attention to the learning embedded in a person's story about how traumatic life experiences shaped their drug misuser identity during adolescence and young adulthood. It suggests that by focusing on identity construction and reconstruction we can enable drug users to identify the discourses that have shaped their identities and thereby open up spaces for new and more hopeful stories of identity to emerge.
Keeping violent offender rehabilitation on track: how the diffusion and redirecting of attentional focus/mood work in the GRIP program
- Authors:
- PAULLE Bowen, ZEEUW Alex van der
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 20(4), 2021, pp.984-1005.
- Publisher:
- Sage
There is an urgent need to understand how programming inside prisons can facilitate rehabilitation and reentry processes, especially among men convicted of violent offenses. GRIP (Guiding Rage into Power) is a year-long “Offender Accountability” program presently spreading through the California prison system. GRIP is a group-therapy and trauma-healing program that follows a somatic-awareness-centered model. We use audiovisual data to investigate the sequenced, second-to-second inner workings of what actually constitutes operational excellence in this evidence-based in-prison rehabilitation program. Making use of interaction ritual theory and conversation analysis, we demonstrate how two processes-the diffusion and the redirecting of attentional focus/mood—transpire in GRIP classrooms. The conclusion argues that these two processes may be the “hidden” building blocks, or what is lacking, in countless rehabilitation programs and other social work interventions-both inside and outside of correctional facilitie.
Sources of “relational homes”: a qualitative study of cancer survivors’ perceptions of emotional support
- Author:
- HVIDT Elisabeth Assing
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 16(6), 2013, pp.617-632.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
To examine the different ways in which a group of Danish cancer survivors fulfil their need of emotional support, the study carried out participant observation at a Danish cancer rehabilitation centre, individual semi-structured interviews and focus group interviews with course participants. The analytical process combined the inductive approach of interpretative phenomenological analysis with a deductive theoretical strategy. Key concepts from Robert D. Stolorow's existential-phenomenological trauma theory were used as interpretative framework. Findings suggest that cancer survivors’ perception of emotional support is captured by the theoretical concept a “relational home,” understood here as a supportive and caring environment. A relational home may include different dimensions in various situations and contexts, including an existential and metaphysical dimension in which God/a higher power may provide emotional support similar to that obtained in human relationships. (Edited publisher abstract)
The recovery paradigm in trauma work: approaches to healing psychiatric disability and substance abuse in women's lives
- Authors:
- BUSSEY Marian, WISE Judith Bula
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 7(3-4), 2008, pp.355-379.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Focusing on women with psychiatric disabilities and substance issues, particularly those who have histories of abuse, violence and trauma, this article addresses the importance of integrative treatment as a prerequisite for psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery. The authors discuss psychiatric rehabilitation, trauma, treatment philosophy, consumer empowerment and the concept of an integrated model of recovery. They describe three integrated trauma and alcohol and other drug models created primarily for women, and discuss their content, the challenges of system change and the results of the integrated model.
Lost in translation - using bilingual differences to increase emotional mastery following bullying
- Authors:
- TEHRANI Maureen, VAUGHAN Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 9(1), March 2009, pp.11-17.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper critically examines the nature and benefits of a therapeutic alliance created between a fluent, bilingual woman who had suffered a period of extreme bullying and her monolingual therapist. The paper uses a case study approach to consider the underpinning psycho-neurology and describes the theoretical frameworks used to inform the therapeutic process and facilitate recovery. The therapeutic approach proved successful in dealing with the physical, emotional and psychological impact of the bullying and has enabled the subject to return to work successfully. The emotional distancing provided by language switching can be invaluable in enabling a traumatised person to make sense of their experience.
A child's journey to recovery: assessment and planning with traumatized children
- Authors:
- TOMLINSON Patrick, PHILPOT Terry
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 160p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book shows how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children. It outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child's progress towards recovery. The book describes a practical outcomes-based approach that can be provided by an integrated multi-disciplinary team. Particular themes addressed include the conflict between the child's chronological and emotional ages, the need to work at the child's pace, the importance of the whole-team approach, and the challenges involved in measuring progress. The authors describe clearly defined outcomes for recovery, how children are assessed and how recovery plans are made, and show how progress can be closely monitored and responded to through the continuing process of assessment. An in-depth case study is used to show how this works in practice.
Resisting trauma
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.8.07, 2007, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article reports on the experience of one woman who used her Isabel Schwarz Travel Fellowship to go to the West Bank and help Palestinian victims of torture.