Correlates of Maternal and Paternal Adjustment to Chronic Childhood Disease |
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Authors: | Deborah Dewey Susan G Crawford |
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Institution: | (1) Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;(2) Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children’s Hospital, 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T3B 6A8 |
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Abstract: | This study investigated the correlates of psychosocial adjustment in mothers and fathers of children with chronic disease.
Participants were 20 mothers and 15 fathers of children with cystic fibrosis, 11 mothers and 9 fathers of children with muscular
dystrophy, 18 mothers and 9 fathers of children with asthma, 13 mothers and 8 fathers of children with Type 1 diabetes and
19 mothers and 11 fathers of healthy children. Questionnaires relating to the variables of interest were used. Poorer levels
of adjustment were associated with lower levels of social support and family cohesion for mothers and coping by understanding
the child’s medical situation, more family life events and lower family cohesion for fathers. These findings suggest that
the correlates associated with maternal and paternal psychological adjustment to chronic childhood disease differ. These differences
are important to consider when providing care to children with chronic disease and their families. |
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Keywords: | Maternal adjustment Paternal adjustment Chronic childhood disease |
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