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This chapter presents a Danish study exploring how forms of social capital are invested and converted by the relatives of young people with a severe acquired brain injury during the rehabilitation process. The empirical data were generated from direct observations of hospital discharge meetings, followed by focus group interviews with and questionnaire surveys of families six months after discharge. The analysis is theoretically based on Portes’ theoretical trichotomy considering social capital. We found that families with a ‘strong closed family structure’ were most successful in transforming their resources during the rehabilitation process, compared to a ‘small and weak family structure’ and those with a ‘split family structure’ who struggled the most in this regard.
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In neurorehabilitation, an acquired brain injury is often classified into one of three categories: mild, moderate, or severe. One set of criteria is that of the National Board of Health’s (2011) categorization, which is based on the number of days of hospitalization, wherein more than 28 days is considered ‘severe’.
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Bystrup, M.R., Hindhede, A.L. (2019). Conversion of Social Capital in the Rehabilitation Process of Adolescents Following an Acquired Brain Injury. In: Harsløf, I., Poulsen, I., Larsen, K. (eds) New Dynamics of Disability and Rehabilitation. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7346-6_9
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