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Is social support sometimes a mixed blessing?
Author(s) -
Pal D. K.,
Das T.,
Chaudhury G.,
Sengupta S.
Publication year - 2005
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/j.1365-2214.2005.00515.x
Subject(s) - social support , psychology , blessing , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , geography , archaeology
Background Child behavioural problems in epilepsy originate from a poorly understood interplay between intrinsic, family and social factors. Methods We re‐analysed data from a randomized controlled trial of antiepileptic treatment in rural India, using regression analysis to find risk factors for behavioural problems. Results Parental satisfaction with social support was positively and independently correlated with child behavioural problems ( P = 0.03). Conclusion Our findings suggest parents’ interactions within their informal social support network, contrary to expectation, may increase risk for behavioural problems in their children. We suggest a possible explanation for this correlation as well as follow‐up studies to investigate the social support‐as‐risk factor hypothesis.