This study explored social interaction (SI) and pragmatic communication (PC) in a group of five female student subjects, four with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and one with no injury. The prime objective was to examine ways in which location, severity, and time since injury influenced SI and PC performance. Subjects were selected with appropriate variance in the nature of the head injury and data were gathered from a number of sources including structured interviews, standardized instruments, and audio-taped and transcribed material. PC evaluation involved three raters and a Delphi discussion for final assessment. / Resulting data indicated that the non-injured subject tended to score higher than the other subjects in both SI and PC performance, especially in the PC component of narrative ability. While TBI factors such as severity and location of injury seemed associated with variations in performance, time since injury appeared to have little influence on individual performance. For the subjects in this study, severity of injury appeared more associated with SI than PC performance. In contrast, PC performance seemed more related to location of injury effects. In some instances, location effects appeared to exercise a negative influence on both SI and PC abilities in ways which were in keeping with general research findings. This trend, however, was not consistent. Potential interpretations were discussed and substantive case details were included in the appendices. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-03, Section: B, page: 1618. / Major Professor: Gary W. Peterson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76623 |
| Contributors | Stratton, Margaret C., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 234 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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