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Stress, coping, and family functioning in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.

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Thompson, RJ; Gustafson, KE; Hamlett, KW; Spock, A
Published in: J Pediatr Psychol
October 1992

Assessed the role of illness parameters, demographic parameters, and hypothesized psychosocial/mediational processes in the psychological adjustment of 68 mothers of children and adolescents (7-17 years of age) with cystic fibrosis. Together the illness and demographic parameters accounted for only 13-15% of the variance in maternal adjustment. However, the hypothesized mediational processes accounted for 35-40% increment in the variance in maternal adjustment. More specifically, maternal adjustment was associated with lower levels of perceived daily stress, less use of palliative coping methods, and family functioning characterized by high levels of supportiveness.

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J Pediatr Psychol

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0146-8693

Publication Date

October 1992

Volume

17

Issue

5

Start / End Page

573 / 585

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Support
  • Sick Role
  • Personality Inventory
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Internal-External Control
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
 

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Thompson, R. J., Gustafson, K. E., Hamlett, K. W., & Spock, A. (1992). Stress, coping, and family functioning in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr Psychol, 17(5), 573–585. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/17.5.573
Thompson, R. J., K. E. Gustafson, K. W. Hamlett, and A. Spock. “Stress, coping, and family functioning in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.J Pediatr Psychol 17, no. 5 (October 1992): 573–85. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/17.5.573.
Thompson RJ, Gustafson KE, Hamlett KW, Spock A. Stress, coping, and family functioning in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr Psychol. 1992 Oct;17(5):573–85.
Thompson, R. J., et al. “Stress, coping, and family functioning in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.J Pediatr Psychol, vol. 17, no. 5, Oct. 1992, pp. 573–85. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/17.5.573.
Thompson RJ, Gustafson KE, Hamlett KW, Spock A. Stress, coping, and family functioning in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr Psychol. 1992 Oct;17(5):573–585.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Pediatr Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0146-8693

Publication Date

October 1992

Volume

17

Issue

5

Start / End Page

573 / 585

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Support
  • Sick Role
  • Personality Inventory
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Internal-External Control
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology