Open AccessSequential Analysis of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Reassurance and Children’s Postoperative Distress
Author(s) -
Sarah R. Martin,
Jill Chorney,
Lindsey L. Cohen,
Zeev N. Kain
Publication year - 2013
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/jst061
Subject(s) - distress , anxiety , psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry
Children experience distress after surgery. Associations exist between parent reassurance (e.g., "It's OK") and child distress, but little is known about the causal direction of these interactions. This study examined sequential relations between mothers' and fathers' reassurance and children's distress.
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