| Summary: | Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The traumatic nature of spinal cord injury (SCI) imposes major and permanent life changes that
necessitate physical, social and vocational adjustments for the individual, as well as placing strain on
the family. The importance of psychological aspects of adjustment and rehabilitation has progressively
become recognised as an integral part of facilitating a higher quality of life for individuals and their
families living with SCI. While it has been established that psychological disturbance is not an
inevitable long-term consequence of SCI, researchers have found that a proportion of this population
has marked difficulty adapting psychologically to their new lifestyle and the challenges it poses. It has
been found that the SCI population has an increased risk for divorce, substance abuse, self-neglect and
suicide. In the mid-1990's, researchers involved in SCI rehabilitation started developing cognitivebehaviour
therapy (CBT) interventions to assist individuals with their psychological adjustment to the
traumatic injury. Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) cognitive theory of stress and coping has been the
theoretical grounding for some of these interventions. The primary objective of this literature review is
to ascertain the effectiveness of CBT in assisting individuals with their psychological adjustment to
SCI and to make recommendations for future research in this area. === AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die traumatiese aard van 'n spinale koord besering (SKB) veroorsaak 'n beduidende en permanente
lewensverandering, wat fisieke-, sosiale- en werksaanpassing vir die individu verg, asook spanning op
die familie plaas. Die belangrikheid van sielkundige aspekte rakende aanpassing en rehabilitasie word
toenemend herken as 'n integrale deel in die fasilitering van 'n hoër kwaliteit van lewe vir die individue
en hulle families wat lewe met 'n SKB. Alhoewel daar gevind is dat sielkundige versteuring nie 'n
noodwendige langtermyn gevolg van 'n SKB is nie, het navorsers wel gevind dat 'n gedeelte van die
populasie beduidende sielkundige aanpassingsprobleme ervaar ten opsigte van hul nuwe lewenstyl en
uitdagings. Daar is gevind dat die SKB populasie 'n verhoogde risiko loop vir egskeidings,
substansmisbruik, self-verwaarlosing en selfmoord. In die middel van die 1990's, het SKB- en
rehabilitasie-navorsers kognitiewe-gedragsterapie (KGT) intervensies ontwikkelom individue te help
met sielkundige aanpassing na 'n SKB. Lazarus en Folkman's (1984) se kognitiewe teorie oor stres en
streshantering, het die teoretiese grondslag gevorm vir sommige van hierdie intervensies. Die primêre
doel van hierdie literatuuroorsig is om die effektiwiteit van KGT te bepaal in die ondersteuning van
individue met sielkundige aanpassing na SKB, en om voorstelle te maak oor toekomstige navorsing
wat met hierdie onderwerp verband hou.
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