Cognitive Distortions and Antisocial Behavior among Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
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2015-05
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The Ohio State University
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Every year over 1.7 million people sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), making it a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Research has found that TBI is a risk factor for antisocial behavior and criminal acts. The current research seeks to understand the relationship between TBI and antisocial/criminal behavior. The present study specifically looked at the role of self-serving cognitive distortions (rationalizing or inaccurate thinking patterns) in accounting for antisocial behavior among TBI patients. The methods included administering a cognitive distortion measure (i.e., the How I Think Questionnaire), antisocial behavior self- report questions, and demographic measures to adults with a TBI. This exploratory study of a small (n = 25; 1 participant removed for not filling out the antisocial behavior self-report) sample of male and female TBI patients found a trend linking self-serving cognitive distortions to antisocial behavior. Understanding the use of cognitive distortions among TBI patients may contribute to more effective cognitive behavioral therapies and reductions in judicial and health care costs caused by brain-injured individuals.
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cognitive distortions, antisocial behavior, traumatic brain injury, criminal behavior