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A longitudinal investigation of trust beliefs in physicians by children with asthma and their mothers: Relations with children's adherence to medical regimes and quality of life
Author(s) -
Rotenberg Ken J.,
Petrocchi Serena
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/cch.12604
Subject(s) - socialization , asthma , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , medicine , psychology , family medicine , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , nursing , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , epistemology
Objective The study examined the relations between trust beliefs in physicians, adherence to prescribed medical regimes, and quality of life for children with asthma and their mothers. Methods One hundred forty‐three children with asthma (116 males, M = 12 years–7 months) and their mothers were tested twice (Time 1/T1 and Time 2/T2) across a 1‐year period. Standardized measures were administered that assessed the children's and mothers' trust beliefs in physicians, the children's quality of life, and children's adherence to prescribed medical regimes (adherence). Results Correlations were found between children's trust beliefs in physicians, mothers' trust beliefs in physicians, adherence, and quality of life. Structural equation modelling analyses confirmed that (a) children's trust beliefs in physicians predicted their adherence and quality of life and (b) there were reciprocal predictive relations between the children's and mothers' trust beliefs in physicians. Conclusions The findings yield support for the conclusions that (a) trust beliefs in physicians by children with asthma promote their adherence and quality of life and (b) socialization of trust beliefs in physicians is a mutual mother–child process.