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  • Six themes of adjustment shared by human participants in experimental surgery to the spinal cord

    Author(s)
    Fronek, P.
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Fronek, Patricia
    Year published
    2005
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    Abstract
    The inclusion of psychosocial assessment models in human experimental research protocol is a new area and has recently been applied to persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Qualitative analysis of six psychosocial assessment interviews, conducted for the purpose of screening potential human participants for experimental surgery, reveals six distinct themes of positive adjustment: Personal Strengths, Life Meaning, Positive Attitude, Engagement in Life, Support of Significant Others, and a Level of Resources that Does Not Inhibit Life Activity. The importance of psuchosocial assessment in determining an individual's adjustment ...
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    The inclusion of psychosocial assessment models in human experimental research protocol is a new area and has recently been applied to persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Qualitative analysis of six psychosocial assessment interviews, conducted for the purpose of screening potential human participants for experimental surgery, reveals six distinct themes of positive adjustment: Personal Strengths, Life Meaning, Positive Attitude, Engagement in Life, Support of Significant Others, and a Level of Resources that Does Not Inhibit Life Activity. The importance of psuchosocial assessment in determining an individual's adjustment to disability makes visible the particular internal and external conditions that ensure harm to research participants is minimized.
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    Journal Title
    SCI Psychosocial Process
    Volume
    18
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    https://www.academyscipro.org/pswc-practice-process/
    Subject
    Clinical Social Work Practice
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/39486
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