Table 3.

Comparison Between Children's Subjective Reports of Social Support and Injury Severity Levels

Child's Subjective Report of Overall Support	Injury Severity	Child's Illustrative Narrative
Positive Support	Moderate TBI	Female, age 9 years, moderate TBI: [My first day back to class] 'they signed a thing. Like a BIGGGG card. Mv friend gave me a--a dog that said get well and a card…. my PE teacher and my other teacher came to visit me at my house to give me this TV. We use it for the [X-Box] 360 so that we can plav. I was like WHATTTT!'
	Severe TBI	Male, age 18 years, severe TBI: I had the, had my soccer team come visit me, the high school baseball team, the high school track team. And that made getting better easier…. Because I have a lot of friends, and friends make all the difference.
Negative Support	Moderate TBI	Male, age 10 years, moderate TBI: `I don't know. It just made me feel bad. They weren't my friends, and I'd be like, “Hey, want to play at recess?” and they'd be like, “No; why would I hang out with you?'
	Severe TBI	Male, age 15 years, severe TBI: `others were like, “Whatever.” They wouldn't talk to me. And I told them—I was like, “We can talk about anything you want to talk about.” “Whatever.” Made me feel bad; really, really, really, really, really bad.'