RT journal article
T1 Pilot study on the effectiveness of the socialmind program for the rehabilitation of social cognition following acquired brain injury
A1 Rivas García, Sandra María
A1 García-Bermúdez, Olga
A1 Catena, Andrés
A1 Caracuel, Alfonso
A2 Psicología
K1 rehabilitation
K1 intervention
K1 social cognition
K1 emotional processing
K1 social knowledge
K1 Theory of mind
K1 empathy
K1 acquired brain injury
AB Background: People with acquired brain injury (ABI) often have Social Cognition (SC) deficits. Impairment of SC causes the individual to have difficulties in daily functioning and can lead to social isolation. Research aimed at rehabilitation of SC in individuals with ABI is scarce and almost always addresses only one component of this ability. Objective: This pilot study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the new “SocialMind” program in improving all core components of SC in people with ABI. Method: The study included 31 participants with ABI, divided into experimental and control groups. The study spanned 44 weeks, involving an initial meeting, evaluation, training, and final assessment phases. The SocialMind program, structured into four modules, each with a duration of 30 h, targeted each SC component through tailored exercises. The program addressed emotion recognition, social awareness, ToM, and empathy. Results: The SocialMind group demonstrated significant improvements in emotion recognition (p = 0.017), social knowledge (p < 0.001), and empathy (p = 0.001) compared to the control group. ToM also showed a notable improvement that approached significance (p = 0.057). Conclusion: This pilot study suggests that the SocialMind program effectively enhances three of the four core components of SC in individuals with ABI.
PB Frontiers
SN 1664-1078
YR 2024
FD 2024-07-17
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35896
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35896
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026