Illness specific patterns of psychological adjustment and cognitive adaptational processes in children with cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Illness-specific patterns of adjustment and cognitive adaptational process were identified in children (7-12 years of age) with cystic fibrosis (CF, n = 40) or sickle cell disease (SCD, n = 40). Anxiety diagnoses were most frequent for both illness subgroups but children with CF had a higher rate of oppositional disorder (27.5%) than did children with SCD (2.5%). Significant portions of the variance in adjustment were accounted for by stress appraisal (19%), expectations of efficacy (9%) and health locus of control (9%) for children with CF and by stress appraisal (21%) and self-worth (12%) for children with SCD. The interaction of general and specific illness tasks and adaptational process with developmental tasks in delineating intervention opportunities is discussed.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Thompson, RJ; Gustafson, KE; Gil, KM; Godfrey, J; Murphy, LM
Published Date
- January 1998
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 54 / 1
Start / End Page
- 121 - 128
PubMed ID
- 9476716
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0021-9762
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199801)54:1<121::aid-jclp14>3.0.co;2-m
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States