Faulkner, Josh WWhiting, DianeTheadom, AliceSnell, Deborah LRoche, MareeBarker-Collo, Suzanne2025-04-152025-04-152024-03-18Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, ISSN: 0960-2011 (Print); 0960-2011 (Online), Taylor and Francis Group, 35(1), 75-91. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2024.23288760960-20110960-2011http://hdl.handle.net/10292/19079Psychological factors are strong predictors of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) recovery, consequently, psychological interventions can form part of an individual's rehabilitation. This may include enhancing valued living (VL), an approach that is effective in severe and mixed acquired brain injury samples. This study aimed to characterize VL in mTBI and explore its relationship with mTBI and mental health outcomes. 56 participants with a mTBI completed self-report measures before engaging in a psychological intervention. Pre-injury mental health and other demographic and injury-related variables, VL, post-concussion symptoms (PCS), functional disability, and stress, anxiety and depression were measured. A pre-injury mental health condition was significantly associated with VL. VL was uniquely associated with depression after mTBI (β = -0.08, p = .05), however, there was no relationship with PCS, functional disability, stress or anxiety (p > .05). Following mTBI individuals with a pre-injury mental health condition or who experience heightened depressive symptoms may benefit from a values-based intervention as part of their rehabilitation. Future research, however, is needed to examine the role of VL in mTBI recovery.© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Mild traumatic brain injurypost-Concussion symptomsrehabilitationvalued livingvaluesMild traumatic brain injurypost-Concussion symptomsrehabilitationvalued livingvalues4201 Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science5203 Clinical and Health Psychology4203 Health Services and Systems42 Health Sciences52 PsychologyNeurosciencesMental HealthTraumatic Head and Spine InjuryPhysical Injury - Accidents and Adverse EffectsRehabilitationBrain DisordersDepressionBehavioral and Social ScienceTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI)Mental IllnessClinical Research6.6 Psychological and behavioural2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors7.1 Individual care needsNeurologicalMental health3 Good Health and Well Being11 Medical and Health Sciences17 Psychology and Cognitive SciencesRehabilitation3209 Neurosciences4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science5203 Clinical and health psychologyHumansMaleFemaleAdultBrain ConcussionMiddle AgedDepressionYoung AdultAnxietyPost-Concussion SyndromeHumansBrain ConcussionPost-Concussion SyndromeDepressionAnxietyAdultMiddle AgedFemaleMaleYoung AdultHumansMaleFemaleAdultBrain ConcussionMiddle AgedDepressionYoung AdultAnxietyPost-Concussion SyndromeJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1080/09602011.2024.2328876