Open AccessBrief Report: Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Author(s) -
Laura M. Mackner,
Wallace Crandall
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj023
Subject(s) - psychosocial , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , medicine , social competence , clinical psychology , social functioning , psychiatry , psychology , social change , economics , economic growth
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an ideal disease for investigating adolescent adjustment to chronic illness, given its embarrassing, socially limiting, appearance-changing symptoms and adolescent onset.
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