Parental Locus of Control and Family Functioning in the Quality of Life of Children with Sickle Cell Disease

Barakat, Lamia P.; Lutz, Meredith J.; Nicolaou, D. Colette; Lash, Laurie A.

doi:10.1007/s10880-005-7818-9

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“…We know of at least three studies where the PLOC measure has been adapted (Barakat et al, 2005;DeMaso et al, 1991;Hassall et al, 2005) from the original measure developed by Campis et al (1986) and we have used another adapted version here. Therefore, it is difficult to assess the psychometric pedigree of the measure.…”

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“…A parent with an external locus of control will, conversely, believe that the child's behaviour and development are due to factors that are unrelated to the parenting the child receives and that they have little control over their child. Since the development of the PLOC measure, there is a growing research literature on the relationships between parental locus of control and the behaviour of typically developing children, children with challenging behaviours, and children with various clinical diagnoses (e.g., Barakat, Lutz, Nicolaou, & Lash, 2005;Hagekull, Bohlin, & Hammarberg, 2001;Janssens, 1994).…”

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Parental locus of control and psychological well-being in mothers of children with intellectual disability

Lloyd

Hastings

2009

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability

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Parental locus of control and psychological well-being in mothers of children with intellectual disability

Lloyd

Hastings

2009

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability

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“…Age of child, income, and caregiver involvement in medication management were again entered into the first step of all regressions, while each PHLOC subscale was entered in step two (ie, Parental Influences, Child, Professional Influences, and Fate). The remaining PHLOC subscales (Divine and Media) were excluded from the analysis as research does not demonstrate their relationship to adherence . The Child subscale was found to be a statistically significant predictor of missed doses (Δ R 2 = 133, F (1, 27) = 5.155, P = 0.031), suggesting that when mothers perceive their adolescents as having greater control over their health, adolescents miss more doses.…”

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“…Specifically, one study suggested that parents who are self‐reliant and exhibit an internal sense of control may be more confident in their ability to adhere to the medical recommendations for their child . In addition, internal PHLOC has been associated with higher adaptability, better problem‐solving within the context of medical management, and fewer behavioral and emotional difficulties in pediatric patients with sickle‐cell disease, cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, and orthopedic conditions . Unfortunately, studies examining PHLOC and its impact on illness management are scarce, and findings have been mixed depending on the medical condition examined.…”

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Medication adherence in pediatric renal transplant patients: The role of family functioning and parent health locus of control

Kraenbring

Zelikovsky

Meyers

2019

Pediatric Transplantation

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Children and adolescents with renal disease experience daily social, emotional, and medical challenges. Renal transplantation can help to improve quality of life but requires a lifelong regimen of immunosuppressant medication to maintain health. Adherence to a daily complex regimen can be difficult, particularly for adolescents who are beginning to develop autonomy from caregivers and are faced with a unique set of socio‐emotional challenges. This study examines two factors that have shown to influence adherence in other pediatric populations, namely family functioning and parent health locus of control, from mothers’ perspectives, in predicting medication non‐adherence for adolescents (ages 12‐19 years) 1 year post‐transplant. Non‐adherence was defined as the percentage of missed doses and late doses of the weekly immunosuppressant doses prescribed. Regression results demonstrated that mothers’ perceptions of poorer overall family functioning predicted missed medication doses (ΔR2 = 0.383, F(7, 21) = 2.570, P = 0.044) with significant contributions in the domains of problem‐solving (β = −0.795, t(21) = −2.927, P = 0.008) and affective involvement (β = 0.872, t(21) = 3.370, P = 0.003). Moreover, mothers who perceived that their adolescent had control over his/her health also predicted more missed medication doses (ΔR2 = 0.133, F(1, 27) = 5.155, P = 0.031). Important implications for these findings include implementation of family‐based interventions that promote developmentally appropriate skills for adolescents and cultivate emotional involvement within the family.

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“…About this issue, our review suggests that the effectiveness of children interventions could be improved if we involve parents in the process, something which there is little consensus about. Some researchers argue that parents care would be sufficient to improve the children's adjustment (Hastings & Beck, 2004), while others seem to be favorable to a joint intervention (Barakat, Lutz, Nicolaou & Lash, 2005;Fuemmeler et al, 2003;Klassen et al, 2011, Landolt, Vollrath, Niggli, Gnehm & Sennhauser., 2006 and a third group claims that there is no relationship between improvement of children and parents (Grootenhuis & Last, 1997;Lutz, Barakat, Smith-Whitley & Ohene-Frempong, 2004;Robinson et al, 2007).…”

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Eficacia de intervenciones psicológicas dirigidas a promover el ajuste de niños con cáncer y de sus padres: una revisión

2014

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Título: Eficacia de intervenciones psicológicas dirigidas a promover el ajuste de niños con cáncer y de sus padres: una revisión. Resumen: Esta revisión tiene como objetivo ofrecer un panorama general sobre la eficacia de las intervenciones psicológicas destinadas a promover el ajuste psicológico de niños aquejados de cáncer y de sus padres. Con este fin se revisaron los artículos publicados entre 1998-2010, empleando las siguientes palabras-clave: intervención psicosocial, psicoterapia, ensayo, tratamiento, ajuste, bienestar, adaptación, cáncer, cáncer infantil, cáncer pediá-trico, ansiedad y depresión (combinándolas entre sí) en las siguientes bases de datos: Psycinfo, Medline, Scielo, Lilacs, Psicodoc y Psyarticles. Se localizaron un total de catorce artículos, de cuyo análisis se concluye que la mayoría de las intervenciones utilizadas resultan de alguna utilidad para mejorar el ajuste psicológico tanto de los niños como de los padres, aunque el número de tratamientos que pueden considerarse realmente eficaces es más limitado. Se discute sobre la conveniencia de que la intervención psicológi-ca dirigida a este tipo de población se centre más en las fortalezas y en la promoción de la salud y deje de apoyarse exclusivamente en modelos de tratamiento basados en déficits y psicopatología. Posiblemente, este cambio de orientación contribuirá a fomentar cambios clínicamente relevantes en relación al estrés que acompaña al cáncer y su tratamiento. Palabras clave: Ajuste psicológico; intervenciones; cáncer infantil; revisión. Abstract:This article aims at providing a general overview of psychological interventions intended to promote psychological adjustment of children with cancer and their parents. To achieve this goal, we reviewed published articles between 1998-2010, using a combination of the following keywords: psychosocial intervention, psychotherapy, trial, treatment, adjustment, well-being, adaptation, cancer, childhood cancer, pediatric cancer, anxiety and depression in the electronic databases: Psycinfo, Medline, Scielo, Lilacs, Psicodoc and Psyarticles. Fourteen articles were found and analyses show that most interventions had some efficacy in the psychological adjustment of children and their parents; nevertheless, there is a limited number of treatments that can in fact be considered effective. The convenience of psychological interventions is discussed and how they must comprehend strengths and the promotion of psychological health and should not be based solely on deficits and psychopathological models. Possibly, this re-orientation will help fostering significant clinic changes regarding the stress associated to cancer and its treatment.

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Parental Locus of Control and Family Functioning in the Quality of Life of Children with Sickle Cell Disease

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Parental locus of control and psychological well-being in mothers of children with intellectual disability

Parental locus of control and psychological well-being in mothers of children with intellectual disability

Medication adherence in pediatric renal transplant patients: The role of family functioning and parent health locus of control

Eficacia de intervenciones psicológicas dirigidas a promover el ajuste de niños con cáncer y de sus padres: una revisión

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