Exploring Child & Family Adjustment to Acquired Brain Injury
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Exploring the interpersonal construing of families affected by Acquired Brain Injury and the implications for familial and childhood adjustment.
IRAS ID
177167
Contact name
Clare Coppock
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Hertfordshire
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 1 days
Research summary
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) has been associated with significant family disruption, yet there are few studies exploring the experiences of child-relatives. Clinical guidelines advocate support for family members, including children, however the evidence base for intervention is limited (Royal College of Physicians & British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2003). Disrupted parenting, compromised parental wellbeing, and role changes have been associated with poorer familial adjustment and poorer future outcomes for children (Pessar, Coad, Linn & Willer, 1993; Urbach, Sonenklar & Culbert, 1993). The study is recruiting families containing a parent with moderate ABI to complete individual interviews facilitated by Perceiver Element Grids (PEG; Procter, 2002). The PEG is a tool that facilitates the identification of ways in which an individual make sense of the world, and interpersonal relationships. The major aims are (1) to develop an understanding of the processes by which family members make sense of themselves, each other, and the ABI itself, and (2) to explore the implications of individual and interpersonal sense-making on familial, and childhood, adjustment to parental ABI.
REC name
London - Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/1634
Date of REC Opinion
22 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion