Journal of Pediatric Psychology 16(5) pp. 543-555, 1991
© 1991 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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Behavior Problems and Adaptive Functioning in Children with Mild and Severe Closed Head Injury1
University of California— Los Angeles, Pomona College, Casa Colina Hospital Pomona, California
2All correspondence should be sent to Robert F. Asarnow, University of Califomia—Los Angeles School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Mental Retardation and Child Psychiatry, Room 48–256 NPI, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90024.
Assessed behavior problems and adaptive functioning in children with mild or severe closed head injuries, on average more than 2 years postaccident. To ensure that any problems detected in the present study were not merely preexisting problems, potential subjects were excluded if there was a history of preexisting CNS damage, significant developmental delay, or behavior problems. Children with severe head injuries had an excessive rate of behavior problems and impaired adaptive functioning. Children with mild head injuries also had an excessive rate of behavior problems (comparable to that of children with severe head injuries) but did not have impaired adaptive functioning. Results are discussed in terms of six alternative ways brain injury and behavior problems can be related functionally.
Key words: mild closed head injury; severe closed head injury; behavior problems; adaptive functioning; children.
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