Article

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of character strengths on psychosocial outcomes
after mild complicated to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN:
Prospective study with consecutive enrollment. SETTING: A Midwestern
rehabilitation hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Persons with mild complicated to severe
TBI (N=65). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Community
Integration Measure, Disability Rating Scale, Modified Cumulative Illness Rating
Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Satisfaction with Life Scale,
Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, and Wechsler Test of Adult Reading.
RESULTS: Character virtues and strengths were moderately associated with
subjective outcomes, such that there were fewer and less strong associations
between character virtues/strengths and objective outcomes than subjective
outcomes. Specifically, positive attributes were associated with greater life
satisfaction and perceived community integration. Fewer and less strong
associations were observed for objective well-being; however, character strengths
and virtues showed unique value in predicting physical health and disability.
Positive affectivity was not meaningfully related to objective outcomes, but it
was significantly related to subjective outcomes. In contrast, negative
affectivity was related to objective but not subjective outcomes. CONCLUSIONS:
Given the strength of the associations between positive aspects of character or
ways of perceiving the world and positive feelings about one's current life
situation, treatments focused on facilitating these virtues and strengths in
persons who have experienced TBI may result in better perceived outcomes and
potentially subsequently lower comorbidities.
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