How do people with acquired brain injury interpret the Valued Living Questionnaire? A cognitive interviewing study

Miller, Hannah; Lawson, David; Power, Emma; das Nair, Roshan; Sathananthan, Nick; Wong, Dana

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.01.003

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How do people with acquired brain injury interpret the Valued Living Questionnaire? A cognitive interviewing study

Miller, Hannah, Lawson, David, Power, Emma, das Nair, Roshan, Sathananthan, Nick, Wong, Dana·2022·Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

DOI 10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.01.003

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Miller et al recently identified validity problems of the valued living questionnaire in a cohort of individuals with ABI.
“Miller et al88 recently identified validity problems of the valued living questionnaire in a cohort of individuals with ABI.”
From Acceptance and commitment therapy for mild traumatic brain injury (ACTion-mTBI): a quasiexperimental feasibility study (2025) · cites this paper as [88]
The Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) has good factor structure, validity, reliability, and stability over time, and has been validated in healthy and medical populations.
“Earlier research has shown that the CFQ has good factor structure, validity, reliability, and stability over time [42].”
From Acceptance and commitment therapy for people with depressive and anxiety symptoms following acquired brain injury: Results of the BrainACT randomized controlled trial. (2024) · cites this paper as [42]
The VLQ, which was also used in the current study, was found to be too complex and not applicable for people with ABI, which impedes its valid application in this population.
“the VLQ, which was also used in the current study, was found to be too complex and not applicable for people with ABI, which impedes its valid application in this population [42].”
From Acceptance and commitment therapy for people with depressive and anxiety symptoms following acquired brain injury: Results of the BrainACT randomized controlled trial. (2024) · cites this paper as [42]

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Authors: Miller, H., Lawson, D., Power, E., das Nair, R., Sathananthan, N., & Wong, D.
Affiliations: La Trobe University (AU)
University of Technology Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author: Wong, Dana
ORCID: Miller, Hannah
Lawson, David
Power, Emma
Sathananthan, Nick
Wong, Dana
Venue: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2022-01
Volume: 23
Pages: 125-136
ISSN: 2212-1447 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.01.003
OpenAlex: W4205727575
Cited by: 10
References: 40
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2
FWCI: 1.45
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Social Sciences › Education › Health Education and Validation
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Keywords: acquired brain injury, valued living, cognitive interviewing, questionnaire comprehensibility, measurement validity, value consistency, cognitive demand, stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumors, valued activities, questionnaire adaptation

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