Psychological, sexual, social, and vocational aspects of spinal cord injury: A selected bibliography.

Athelstan, Gary T.; Scarlett, Sharon; Thury, Cynthia; Zupan, Irene

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“…psychological, social, and vocational aspects of the disability and its rehabilitation. There is a correspondingly large body of literature dealing with these topics (Athelstan, 1978).…”

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Vocational interests of persons with spinal cord injury.

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Athelstan²

1982

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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The vocational interests of 156 persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) were studied with the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory an average of 82 days after injury. Mean age of 134 male participants was 26.3 years; 22 females averaged 31.7 years. Participants' scores were compared to the norms for Menand Women-In-General on the inventory. Data were also subjected to rank order analysis. Males' responses showed them to be introverted and more interested in working with things than data or people. Although the smaller sample of females makes conclusions less certain, the females' responses were similar to the males'. Since the interests of these people were often incongruent with the physical limitations imposed by their disability, the findings suggest that counselors must apply extra ingenuity to assist in identifying vocational alternatives.Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in severe disability with a broad impact on the physical, social, vocational, and psychological functioning of the affected person. Typically, both movement and sensation are lost below the level of the injury. A wheelchair is usually needed for ambulation, and even hand function is sometimes impaired; consequently, many occupations are precluded. An extended period of psychological adjustment may be required, since a different body image and many other changes must be integrated into a new lifestyle.Spinal cord injury occurs in roughly 50 people per million per year in the United States, producing about 11,000 new cases per year. The total SCI population in the United States is now approximately 150,000 (Young & Northrup, Note 1, pp. 2-3). The disability affects primarily young people, so the cost to society of maintenance and lost vocational productivity are very high. Consequently, in recent years there has been much interest in learning more about the This study was supported in part by research grants 16-P-56810 and 13-P-59130 from the

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“…psychological, social, and vocational aspects of the disability and its rehabilitation. There is a correspondingly large body of literature dealing with these topics (Athelstan, 1978).…”

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Vocational interests of persons with spinal cord injury.

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Athelstan²

1982

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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“…This review focuses on the published work on psychological adjustment following SCI from 1950 to 1977. Athelstan's (1976) bibliography on SCI, psychological adjustment section, was the primary source for articles reviewed here. Of the 249 titles listed in that section of the original bibliography and its first addendum (Athelstan, 1977), 126 were used in this review.…”

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“…Athelstan's (1976) bibliography on SCI, psychological adjustment section, was the primary source for articles reviewed here. Of the 249 titles listed in that section of the original bibliography and its first addendum (Athelstan, 1977), 126 were used in this review. Approximately 40 titles were eliminated because they were (a) published prior to 1950, (b) duplicates of articles published in other journals, and (c) not scientific publications (e.g., letters to editors, poems, etc.).…”

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“…The citations below include only references not listed in the selected bibliography of spinal cord injury literature published earlier (Athelstan, et al, 1978). See Rehabilitation Psychology, 1978, Volume 25, Number 1 for the full citations of the spinal cord injury studies cited in this article.…”

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“…Since 1976, RSA has sponsored three major projects which focus on adjustment to spinal cord injury: Athelstan's (1978) bibliography of the psycho-logical, social, vocational, and sexual aspects of spinal cord injury; Trieschmann's (1978a) state-of-the-art study of the psychological, social and vocational adjustment to spinal injury-a critical evaluation of the research and literature to identify what we know and what we do not know about the process of adjustment to spinal injury; and a collaborative study, currently in progress, of six regional, model spinal injury centers to collect and analyze data on the adjustment of a selected group of persons with spinal injury. Athelstan's (1978) bibliography is thorough. Trieschmann's (1978a) report, based not only on a search of the literature but also on a conference of persons living with spinal injury, a conference of professionals, and input from an advisory committee, may provide the basis for future RSA research grants.…”

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Psychological adjustment to spinal cord injury: A literature review, 1950–1977.

Woodbury¹

1978

Rehabilitation Psychology

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the viability of the model system concept which has the following objectives:1. To establish within a catchment area a multi-disciplinary system of providing comprehensive rehabilitation services to meet patient needs from point of injury through acute care, rehabilitation, vocational and educational preparation, community and job placement, and long term follow-up. 2. To achieve new knowledge through research in reducing disability and in treating spinal injury.Dr. Trieschmann i s a consulting psychologist, P.O.

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