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Waggoner B, Bering JM, Halberstadt J. The desire to be remembered: A review and analysis of legacy motivations and behaviors. NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.101005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Costa A, Bivona U, Sulpizio V, Nappo R, Mastrilli L, Formisano R, Aloisi M, Contrada M, Caltagirone C, Galati G. Reduced Priming Effect for Visual-Spatial Perspective Taking in Patients With Severe Acquired Brain Injury. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2021; 37:227-239. [PMID: 34423813 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acab069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Social cognition can be impaired after a severe acquired brain injury (sABI), but mechanisms potentially underlying these difficulties remain to be clarified. This study aimed at investigating perspective taking ability in individuals with sABI. METHOD Twenty individuals with sABI and 20 healthy controls (HCs) have been enrolled in this case-control study. All participants were submitted to an experimental visual-spatial priming memory procedure and a self-report assessment of perspective taking (i.e., the Interpersonal Reactivity Index [IRI]). Individuals with sABI were submitted to neuropsychological tests to assess executive subcomponents, working memory, and visual attention. RESULTS The analysis on self-report scales data documents a significant between groups difference in the IRI-Fantasy subscale, with HCs showing a higher tendency to imaginatively transpose oneself into fictional situations than individuals with sABI. Analysis of performance on the experimental procedure revealed the priming effect in HCs but not in sABI individuals. Moreover, individuals with sABI performed significantly poorer than HCs on the indices of the experimental procedure. CONCLUSIONS Our data preliminarily demonstrated that visual-spatial perspective taking is reduced after sABI. Findings above could give some clues for the rehabilitative intervention in sABI and suggest the possible application of the procedure here used in assessing perspective taking after sABI.
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- Alberto Costa
- Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.,Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.,Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.,Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Venkatesan UM, Lancaster K, Lengenfelder J, Genova HM. Independent contributions of social cognition and depression to functional status after moderate or severe traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2020; 31:954-970. [PMID: 32314644 DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2020.1749675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Impairments in cognitive processing related to social understanding and communication (i.e., "social cognition") are well documented after moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can contribute to negative functional outcome. Depression is also a common feature of TBI with detrimental functional consequences. We evaluated relationships between social cognition, depression symptom severity, and functional status in individuals with chronic TBI (>1 year post injury; n = 25) and healthy controls (n = 30) using objective tests of social cognition as well as self-reported depression (Beck Depression Inventory-II) and functional status (Functional Behavior Profile). Results revealed significant relationships between depression and functional status across the sample, and relationships between social cognition and functional status specific to TBI. In the TBI group only, social cognition significantly predicted both overall and social functional status above and beyond depression. Group differences in functional status were independently mediated by social cognition and, especially, depression. Our findings suggest that social cognitive impairments and depression are distinct, functionally relevant TBI sequelae. Interventions to improve social functioning in this population may be most effective when contextualized within treatments for emotional disturbances.
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- Kessler Foundation Research Center, West Orange, NJ, USA.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Kessler Foundation Research Center, West Orange, NJ, USA.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Kessler Foundation Research Center, West Orange, NJ, USA.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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Basagni B, Piscitelli D, De Tanti A, Pellicciari L, Algeri L, Caselli S, Formisano R, Conforti J, Estraneo A, Moretta P, Gambini MG, Inzaghi MG, Lamberti G, Mancuso M, Quinquinio C, Sozzi M, Abbruzzese L, Zettin M, La Porta F. The unidimensionality of the five Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust Personality Questionnaires (BIRT-PQs) may be improved: preliminary evidence from classical psychometrics. Brain Inj 2020; 34:673-684. [PMID: 32126842 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2020.1723700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Objective: To assess the internal construct validity (ICV) of the five Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust Personality Questionnaires (BIRT-PQ) with Classical Test Theory methods.Methods: Multicenter cross-sectional study involving 11 Italian rehabilitation centers. BIRT-PQs were administered to patients with severe Acquired Brain Injury and their respective caregivers. ICV was assessed by the mean of an internal consistency analysis (ICA) and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA).Results: Data from 154 patients and their respective caregivers were pooled, giving a total sample of 308 subjects. Despite good overall values (alphas ranging from 0.811 to 0.937), the ICA revealed that several items within each scale did not contribute as expected to the total score. This result was confirmed by the CFA, which showed the misfit of the data to a unidimensional model (RMSEA ranging from 0.077 to 0.097). However, after accounting for local dependency found within the data, fitness to a unidimensional model improved significantly (RMSEA ranging from 0.050 to 0.062).Conclusion: Despite some limitations, our analyses demonstrated the lack of ICV for the BIRT-PQ total scores. It is envisaged that a more comprehensive ICV analysis will be performed with Rasch analysis, aiming to improve both the measurement properties and the administrative burden of each BIRT-PQ.
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- Benedetta Basagni
- Centro Cardinali Ferrari, Santo Stefano Riabilitazione, Fontanellato, Italy
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Centro Cardinali Ferrari, Santo Stefano Riabilitazione, Fontanellato, Italy
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- UOC Psicologia, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Unità Operativa di Medicina Riabilitativa, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.,Scuola di Dottorato in Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Unità Post-Coma Ospedale di Riabilitazione Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Centro Cardinali Ferrari, Santo Stefano Riabilitazione, Fontanellato, Italy
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- IRCCS; Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Severe Brain Injury Department, Florence, Italy
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- Maugeri Scientific and Clinical Institutes, IRCCS Department of Neurorehabilitation, Institute of Telese Terme, Telese Terme, Italy
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- Dipartimento di riabilitazione, Ospedale Sacro cuore- Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona
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- Unità Spinale e Medicina Riabilitativa Intensiva, AUSL Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation, National Health Service South-Est Tuscany, Grosseto, Italy.,Research Centre, Tuscany Rehabilitation Clinic, Montevarchi, Italy
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- Santo Stefano Riabilitazione, Istituto di Riabilitazione Santo Stefano, Porto Potenza Picena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neuroriabilitative, Casa di Cura del Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Research Centre, Tuscany Rehabilitation Clinic, Montevarchi, Italy
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- Centro Puzzle, Turin, Italy.,Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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