Open AccessOptimism despite profound uncertainty: school and social relationships in adolescents with single ventricle heart disease
Author(s) -
Jennifer K. Peterson,
Ellen Olshansky,
Yuqing Guo,
Lorraine S. Evangelista,
Nancy A. Pike
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cardiology in the young
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1467-1107
pISSN - 1047-9511
DOI - 10.1017/s1047951120003790
Subject(s) - psychosocial , optimism , medicine , disease , heart disease , ventricle , developmental psychology , psychology , psychiatry , cardiology , social psychology
Survivors of single ventricle heart disease must cope with the physical, neurodevelopmental, and psychosocial sequelae of their cardiac disease, which may also affect academic achievement and social relationships. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the experiences of school and social relationships in adolescents with single ventricle heart disease.