The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Community Integration and Return to Work After Acquired Brain Injury

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether emotional intelligence (EI) skills measured via the Perceiving, Understanding, and Managing Emotions branches of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test V2.0 are associated with community integration (CI) and return to work (RTW) after moderate-to-severe acquired brain injury (ABI), after accounting for other established predictors. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Outpatient follow-up services within 2 specialist ABI rehabilitation centers in Melbourne, Australia. Participants: Individuals (N=82) with moderate-to-severe ABI discharged from inpatient rehabilitation and living in the community (2mo to 7y postinjury). Intervention: Not..