Predictors of Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease |
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Authors: | Janelle L. Wagner Mark Connelly Ronald T. Brown Lloyd “Chip” Taylor Carrie Rittle Barbara Wall-Cloues |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, USA |
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Abstract: | The aim of this study was to examine the potential moderating effect of age on the child-reported pain–social anxiety relationship in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD). Participants were children and adolescents (ages 8–17; 33 girls, 25 boys) diagnosed with SCD who completed measures of social anxiety and severity of usual pain. Caregivers provided demographic information, and mean hemoglobin levels were computed as a measure of objective disease severity. Ratings of more severe pain were associated with greater social anxiety, including fear of negative evaluation, for older children and adolescents only, revealing a moderating effect of age. Increased relevancy of peer relationships in adolescence, limited social contacts due to SCD complications, and misreading of social cues (e.g., maladaptive coping response to pain) may explain why older children and adolescents reported greater social anxiety in the presence of a stressor such as pain. |
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Keywords: | sickle cell disease social anxiety pain |
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