Traumatic Brain Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Emotional Processing, Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Brief summary
Investigating an emotional processing program, that is modified for use with children, is effective for children with a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Detailed description
The first stage of this project will evaluate the appropriateness of an emotional processing intervention modified for a pediatric population. The researchers will modify the intervention prior to the evaluation by the 15 typically developing children. The second stage of the project will evaluate the effectiveness of an emotional processing intervention to improve performance on tests of emotional processing in individuals with TBI. Emotional processing includes both facial affect recognition and social perception measures.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEmotional Processing
Processing Emotions of others based on photographs of faces
Sponsors
Kessler Foundation
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Ages of 9 and 17. Speak and read English fluently. Healthy Volunteer or Have sustained a TBI at least 1 year ago, that has affected his or her ability to process emotions.
Exclusion criteria
Previous stroke, MS, or neurological injury or disease in the past (like brain tumor or epilepsy) other than TBI. History of significant psychiatric illness (like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or psychosis). Uncontrolled seizures or other unstable medical complications.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Facial Identification Task | 8 weeks | measure of facial affect recognition |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed