Rehabilitation psychology
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Rehabilitation psychology · Feb 2017
ReviewSocial competence in pediatric burn survivors: A systematic review.
Youth sustaining burn injuries during childhood have dramatically increased survival rates due to improvements in medical treatment and multidisciplinary approaches to burn critical care and recovery. Despite positive advancements in burn treatment, youth sustaining such injuries may experience social deficits. Thus, this systematic review without meta-analysis investigation contributes to the growing literature on this topic by comparing social competence of pediatric burn survivors to youth without burns, and examining potential correlates of social competence among children and adolescents who have sustained burn injuries. ⋯ Implications for clinical practitioners, methodological strengths and limitations of the included research studies, and directions for future research are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Rehabilitation psychology · Feb 2017
Environmental barriers and social participation in individuals with spinal cord injury.
The study aimed to examine the relationship between environmental barriers and social participation among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ Environmental barriers are negatively associated with social participation in the SCI population. Working toward eliminating environmental barriers, especially assistance/service barriers, may help enhance social participation for people with SCI. (PsycINFO Database Record