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The role of parent stress and coping and family functioning in parent and child adjustment to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Author(s) -
Thompson Robert J.,
Zeman Janice L.,
Fanurik Debra,
Sirotkinroses Marcia
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199201)48:1<11::aid-jclp2270480103>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - psychology , duchenne muscular dystrophy , anxiety , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , distress , developmental psychology , coping behavior , psychiatry , medicine
This study found 57% of parents of 35 children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (4 to 14 years of age) to have self‐reported poor psychological adjustment. The hypothesized mediational variables of parent appraisal of stress, relative use of palliative coping methods, and level of family conflict accounted for 58% of the variance in general distress, 50% in depressive symptoms, and 31% in anxiety symptoms. In terms of parent‐reported child adjustment, 89% of the children were classified by parent report as having a behavior problem pattern. The internalizing profile pattern was most frequent (37%). The parent mediational variables accounted for 26% of the variance in parent‐reported internalizing behavior problems and 29% in externalizing behavior problems.