{"title":"Rise of single-case experimental designs: A historical overview of the necessity of single-case methodology.","authors":"Orhan Aydin","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2181191","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2181191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>Windelband ([1894]1980) advocated that two approaches are used for accumulating scientific knowledge. The first is the idiographic approach that derives knowledge from a single unit, and the second is the nomothetic approach that accumulates knowledge of a group. Given these two approaches, the former matches case studies while the latter is more appropriate with experimental group studies. Scientists have criticized both methodologies for their various limitations. Later, the single-case methodology emerged as an alternative that potentially allays these limitations. In this context, this narrative review aims to describe the historical roots of single-case experimental designs (SCEDs) that have emerged to eliminate the tension of nomothetic and idiographic approaches over time. First, the review focuses on the emergence of SCEDs. Second, the strengths and challenges of SCEDs are reviewed, including those to address the limitations of group experimental and case studies. Third, the use and analyses of SCEDs are outlined, considering their current status. Fourth, this narrative review continues to delineate the dissemination of SCEDs in the modern scientific world. As a result, SCEDs can be evaluated as a method that has the potential to overcome the issues encountered in case description and group experimental research. Thus, that helps accumulate nomothetic and idiographic knowledge in determining evidence-based practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"301-334"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10747795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sven Joubert, François Maquestiaux, Adriana Enriquez-Rosas, Juan Manuel Villalpando, Catherine Brodeur, Nathalie Bier
{"title":"Smartphone use as an efficient tool to improve anomia in primary progressive aphasia.","authors":"Sven Joubert, François Maquestiaux, Adriana Enriquez-Rosas, Juan Manuel Villalpando, Catherine Brodeur, Nathalie Bier","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2181824","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2181824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive interventions are helpful in the non-pharmacological management of Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and other neurodegenerative disorders of cognition, by helping patients to compensate for their cognitive deficits and improve their functional independence. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation based on the use of mobile device technology in PPA. The aim of this research study was to determine if BL, a patient with semantic variant PPA (svPPA) and severe anomia, was able to learn using specific smartphone functions and an application to reduce her word finding difficulties. She was trained during the intervention sessions on a list of target pictures to measure changes in picture naming performance. Errorless learning was applied during learning. BL quickly learned to use smartphone functions and the application over the course of the intervention. She significantly improved her anomia for trained pictures, and to a lesser extent for untrained semantically related pictures. Picture naming performance was maintained six months after the intervention, and she continued to use her smartphone regularly to communicate with family members and friends. This study confirms that smartphone use can be learned in PPA, which can help reduce the symptoms of anomia and improve communication skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"362-387"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10817624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Igoe, Deirdre M Twomey, Niamh Allen, Simone Carton, Nuala Brady, Fiadhnait O'Keeffe
{"title":"A longitudinal analysis of factors associated with post traumatic growth after acquired brain injury.","authors":"Anna Igoe, Deirdre M Twomey, Niamh Allen, Simone Carton, Nuala Brady, Fiadhnait O'Keeffe","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2195190","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2195190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) is a form of positive psychological change that occurs for some individuals following traumatic experiences. High levels of PTG have been reported among survivors of acquired brain injury (ABI). Yet it remains unclear why some survivors of ABI develop PTG and others do not. The present study investigated early and late factors that are associated with long-term PTG in people with moderate to severe ABIs. Participants (n = 32, M<sub>age</sub> = 50.59, SD = 12.28) completed self-report outcome measures at two time-points seven years apart (one-year and eight-years post-ABI). Outcome measures assessed emotional distress, coping, quality of life and ongoing symptoms of brain injury, as well as PTG at the later timepoint. Multiple regression analyses indicated that one-year post-ABI, fewer symptoms of depression, more symptoms of anxiety, and use of adaptive coping strategies accounted for a significant amount of variance in later PTG. At eight years post-ABI, fewer symptoms of depression, fewer ongoing symptoms of brain injury, better psychological quality of life and use of adaptive coping strategies explained a substantial amount of variance in PTG. For individuals with ABIs, PTG may be promoted by implementing long-term neuropsychological support which aims to facilitate use of adaptive coping strategies, supports psychological wellbeing and allows individuals to find meaning post-ABI.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"430-452"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9258859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to assess and take into account trend in single-case experimental design data.","authors":"Rumen Manolov, Hélène Lebrault, Agata Krasny-Pacini","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2190129","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2190129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One of the data features that are expected to be assessed when analyzing single-case experimental designs (SCED) data is trend. The current text deals with four different questions that applied researchers can ask themselves when assessing trend and especially when dealing with improving baseline trend: (a) What options exist for assessing the presence of trend?; (b) Once assessed, what criterion can be followed for deciding whether it is necessary to control for baseline trend?; (c) What strategy can be followed for controlling for baseline trend?; and (d) How to proceed in case there is baseline trend only in some A-B comparisons? Several options are reviewed for each of these questions in the context of real data, and tentative recommendations are provided. A new user-friendly website is developed to implement the options for fitting a trend line and a criterion for selecting a specific technique for that purpose. Trend-related and more general data analytical recommendations are provided for applied researchers.<b>Trial registration:</b> ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04560777.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"388-429"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9520615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taylor Jenkin, Kate D'Cruz, Edith Botchway, Frank Muscara, Vicki Anderson, Adam Scheinberg, Sarah Knight
{"title":"Family involvement in rehabilitation programmes for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury: A scoping literature review.","authors":"Taylor Jenkin, Kate D'Cruz, Edith Botchway, Frank Muscara, Vicki Anderson, Adam Scheinberg, Sarah Knight","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2330141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2330141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Paediatric acquired brain injury (ABI) can adversely impact families, and it is widely accepted that families should be involved in the rehabilitation of children/adolescents with ABI. However, there is limited guidance about how to best involve families in paediatric ABI rehabilitation. Several programmes involving the families of children/adolescents with ABI have been developed, but there are no published reviews outlining their characteristics. This scoping literature review aimed to synthesize information about these programmes and develop an understanding of how families are involved in them. Four databases were systematically searched to identify sources of evidence that described programmes in paediatric ABI rehabilitation that involve family members. One hundred and eight sources of evidence describing 42 programmes were included. Programmes were categorized as: service coordination (<i>n = </i>11), psychosocial (<i>n = </i>17), support groups (<i>n = </i>4), training/instruction (<i>n = </i>9), and education (<i>n = </i>1). Families' involvement in these programmes varied across programme development, delivery, and evaluation stages. The findings of this scoping literature review outline how families can be involved in paediatric ABI rehabilitation. While this review outlines many approaches to supporting families, it also highlights the need for models of family-centred care to better articulate how clinicians and services can involve families in paediatric ABI rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-54"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140190429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rehabilitation of hemianopia and visuospatial hemineglect with a mixed intervention including adapted boxing therapy: An exploratory case study.","authors":"Louis Nahum, Radek Ptak","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2329379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2329379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Visual field loss and visuospatial neglect are frequent consequences of cerebral stroke. They often have a strong impact on independence in many daily activities. Rehabilitation aiming to decrease these disabilities is therefore important, and several techniques have been proposed to foster awareness, compensation, or restitution of the impaired visual field. We here describe a rehabilitation intervention using adapted boxing therapy that was part of a pluridisciplinary intervention tailored for a particular case. A 58-year-old man with left homonymous hemianopia (HH) and mild visuospatial hemineglect participated in 36 sessions of boxing therapy six months after a right temporo-occipital stroke. Repeated stimulation of his blind and neglected hemifield, and training to compensate for his deficits through improved use of his healthy hemifield were performed through boxing exercises. The patient showed a stable HH before the beginning of the training. After six months of boxing therapy, he reported improved awareness of his visual environment. Critically, his HH had evolved to a left superior quadrantanopia and spatial attention for left-sided stimuli had improved. Several cognitive functions and his mood also showed improvement. We conclude that boxing therapy has the potential to improve the compensation of visuospatial impairments in individual patients with visual field loss.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marinke J. Hokken, Ymie J. van der Zee, Jos N. van der Geest, Marlou J. G. Kooiker
{"title":"Parent-reported problems in children with Cerebral Visual Impairment: Improving the discriminative ability from ADHD and dyslexia using screening inventories","authors":"Marinke J. Hokken, Ymie J. van der Zee, Jos N. van der Geest, Marlou J. G. Kooiker","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2328875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2328875","url":null,"abstract":"Daily problems of children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) are often misinterpreted as symptoms of behavioural disorders or learning disabilities instead of higher order visual function (HOVF...","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140170345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elena Pauli, Isabelle Debecker, Margret Hund-Georgiadis
{"title":"Functional independence and agitation outcomes following inpatient rehabilitation after structural brain injury: A retrospective cohort study","authors":"Elena Pauli, Isabelle Debecker, Margret Hund-Georgiadis","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2328871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2328871","url":null,"abstract":"The study’s purpose was to analyze outcomes of patients with severe behavioural disturbances after acquired brain injury (ABI) in order to identify predictors of discharge destination from a specia...","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140170437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Josh W Faulkner, Diane Whiting, Alice Theadom, Deborah L Snell, Maree Roche, Suzanne Barker-Collo
{"title":"Valued living after mild traumatic brain injury: Characteristics and relationship with outcomes.","authors":"Josh W Faulkner, Diane Whiting, Alice Theadom, Deborah L Snell, Maree Roche, Suzanne Barker-Collo","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2328876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2328876","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychological factors are strong predictors of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) recovery, consequently, psychological interventions can form part of an individual's rehabilitation. This may include enhancing valued living (VL), an approach that is effective in severe and mixed acquired brain injury samples. This study aimed to characterize VL in mTBI and explore its relationship with mTBI and mental health outcomes. 56 participants with a mTBI completed self-report measures before engaging in a psychological intervention. Pre-injury mental health and other demographic and injury-related variables, VL, post-concussion symptoms (PCS), functional disability, and stress, anxiety and depression were measured. A pre-injury mental health condition was significantly associated with VL. VL was uniquely associated with depression after mTBI (β = -0.08, <i>p</i> = .05), however, there was no relationship with PCS, functional disability, stress or anxiety (<i>p</i> > .05). Following mTBI individuals with a pre-injury mental health condition or who experience heightened depressive symptoms may benefit from a values-based intervention as part of their rehabilitation. Future research, however, is needed to examine the role of VL in mTBI recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140144653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noor Khan, Vicki Anderson, Louise Crossley, Stephen Hearps, Cathy Catroppa, Nicholas P Ryan
{"title":"Nature and correlates of self-esteem in young adult survivors of childhood traumatic brain injury.","authors":"Noor Khan, Vicki Anderson, Louise Crossley, Stephen Hearps, Cathy Catroppa, Nicholas P Ryan","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2326428","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2326428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite growing research linking childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) with reduced wellbeing, self-esteem, and psycho-social health, very few studies have examined self-esteem and its correlates in young adult survivors of childhood TBI. This very-long-term follow-up study evaluated self-esteem in 29 young adults with a history of childhood TBI (M time since injury = 13.84 years; SD = 0.74), and 10 typically developing controls (TDCs). All participants were originally recruited into a larger, longitudinal case-control study between 2007 and 2010. In the current follow-up study, both groups completed well-validated measures of self-esteem and mental health in young adulthood. Although group means for self-esteem did not significantly differ between TBI and TDC groups, a higher proportion of TBI participants rated their self-esteem in the clinical range (TBI grou<i>p</i> = 17%; TDC grou<i>p</i> = 0%). While self-esteem was not significantly associated with injury or pre-injury child or family characteristics, lower self-esteem was significantly correlated with greater concurrent feelings of loneliness (<i>p </i>= 0.007) and higher concurrent mood symptoms (<i>p </i>< 0.001).Our results suggest that social isolation and low mood may represent meaningful targets for psycho-social interventions to address poor self-worth in young adults with a history of childhood TBI.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140095177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}