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E H Despins Stafslien¹, L S Turkstra¹

¹Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

|November 23, 2020

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Sex influences social outcome judgments after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Women were more critical than men, highlighting the need to consider rater sex in TBI research and clinical evaluations.

Keywords:

Brain injuries bias communication sex differences social

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Rehabilitation Medicine

Background:

Sex-based differences are observed in traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes, particularly in social functioning.
Social functioning assessments often rely on perceptual judgments from questionnaires, which can be influenced by societal stereotypes.
Potential sex-based rater bias in evaluating social outcomes after TBI requires investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore sex-based rater bias in social judgments using the LaTrobe Communication Questionnaire.
To determine if raters of different sexes exhibit bias when evaluating social behaviors in individuals with TBI.
To understand the implications of sex and gender on perceived social outcomes post-TBI.

Main Methods:

68 undergraduate students (34 women) evaluated problematic behaviors for men versus women on the LaTrobe Communication Questionnaire.
Participants' judgments were analyzed to identify consensus and differences based on rater sex.
The study focused on perceptual judgments of social functioning in a simulated TBI outcome context.

Main Results:

Raters showed greater consensus on acceptable behaviors for men compared to women.
Women raters were more critical than men when judging the social behaviors of individuals, regardless of the individual's sex.
These findings indicate a sex-based bias in the perception of social functioning after TBI.

Conclusions:

Sex of the rater, in addition to the participant, is a crucial factor in TBI social outcome research.
Sex-based differences in social judgments have implications for clinical evaluations, especially given the prevalence of female clinicians.
Future research should differentiate between biological sex and social gender constructs to fully understand perceived social outcomes after TBI.