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Adolescent Adjustment to Chronic Physical Disorders—I. Comparing Neurological and Non‐Neurological Conditions
Author(s) -
Howe George W.,
Feinstein Carl,
Reiss David,
Molock Sherry,
Berger Karen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01780.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perspective (graphical) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , artificial intelligence
— Early research on child adjustment to chronic illness assumed that oath condition had a unique impact. Recently researchers have suggested that all chronic conditions influence adjustment in similar ways. To compare these models, data were collected on 165 adolescents having chronic conditions with and without brain involvement, and 49 healthy controls. Adolescents with brain‐based conditions had more behaviour problems, less autonomous functioning and poorer school achievement. Children with conditions having no brain involvement differed from controls only in reporting less work experience and having lower math achievement scores. These Endings support a modified perspective that involves both general factors and effects specific to brain‐based conditions.