Effects of an explicit problem-solving skills training program using a metacomponential approach for outpatients with acquired brain injury.

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OBJECTIVE: We investigated the effects of an explicit problem-solving skills training program using a metacomponential approach with 33 outpatients with moderate acquired brain injury, in the Hong Kong context. METHOD: We compared an experimental training intervention with this explicit problem-solving approach, which taught metacomponential strategies, with a conventional cognitive training approach that did not have this explicit metacognitive training. RESULTS: We found significant advantages for the experimental group on the Metacomponential Interview measure in association with the explicit metacomponential training, but transfer to the real-life problem-solving measures was not evidenced in statistically significant findings. Small sample size, limited time of intervention, and some limitations with these tools may have been contributing factors to these results. CONCLUSION: The training program was demonstrated to have a significantly greater effect than the conventional training approach on metacomponential functioning and the component of problem representation. However, these benefits were not transferable to real-life situations.

Author information

Author/s: Fong, Kenneth N K (KN); Howie, Dorothy R (DR);

Affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. rsnkfong(-atsign-)polyu.edu.hk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal: The American journal of occupational therapy. : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association (Am J Occup Ther), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Sep-Oct; vol 63 (issue 5) : pp 525-34

Dates: Created 2009/09/29; Completed 2009/10/23;

PMID: 19785251, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/23/2009, IMS Date: )

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