The Role of Parents in Promoting Children’s Adjustment to Chronic Illness

Hoehn, Jessica; Foxen‐Craft, Emily; Pinder, Wendy M.; Dahlquist, Lynnda M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32223-0_6

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“…Parents of children with medical conditions have to monitor activities, such as playing sports, or circumstances such as taking medication, and must provide a special diet. This parental over-involvement may exacerbate the disruptive behavior (Hoehn, Foxen-Craft, Pinder, & Dahlquist, 2016;Lønfeldt, Marin, Silverman, Reinholdt-Dunne, & Esbjørn, 2017;Woods, Catroppa, Barnett, & Anderson, 2011).…”

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How Do Parents Influence Child Disruptive Behavior After Acquired Brain Injury? Evidence From a Mediation Model and Path Analysis

Chavez-Arana

Catroppa

Yáñez-Téllez

et al. 2019

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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Objectives: Children with acquired brain injury (ABI) can present with disruptive behavior, which is often a consequence of injury and parent factors. Parent factors are associated with child disruptive behavior. Furthermore, disinhibition in the child also leads to disruptive behavior. However, it is unclear how these factors interact. We investigated whether parental factors influence child disruptive behavior following ABI and how these factors interact. Methods: Parents of 77 children with ABI participated in the study. Parent factors (executive dysfunction, trait-anxiety), potential intervention targets (dysfunctional parenting practices, parental stress, child disinhibition), and child disruptive behavior were assessed. A hypothetical model based on the literature was tested using mediation and path analysis. Results: Mediation analysis revealed that child disinhibition and dysfunctional parenting practices mediated the association of parent factors and child disruptive behavior. Parents’ executive dysfunction mediated the association of dysfunctional parenting practices, parental stress and parent trait-anxiety. Parenting practices mediated the association of executive dysfunction and child disruptive behavior. Path analysis indices indicated good model adjustment. Comparative and Tucker-Lewis Index were >0.95, and the root mean square error of approximation was 0.059, with a chi-square of 0.25. Conclusions: A low level of parental trait-anxiety may be required to reduce dysfunctional parenting practices and child disinhibition. Impairments in child disinhibition can be exacerbated when parents present with high trait-anxiety. Child disinhibition is the major contributor of disruptive behavior reported by parents and teachers. The current study provides evidence of parent anxiety and child disinhibition as possible modifiable intervention targets for reducing child disruptive behavior. (JINS, 2019, 25, 237–248)

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How Do Parents Influence Child Disruptive Behavior After Acquired Brain Injury? Evidence From a Mediation Model and Path Analysis

Chavez-Arana

Catroppa

Yáñez-Téllez

et al. 2019

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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“…Pediatric diseases are a health threat to developmental processes in children [1]. Specifically, some neonatal complications that may present at birth, including hyperbilirubinemia, sepsis, respiratory distress and neurological complications are considered a risk, and may affect neurological and behavioral development.…”

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Parenting of Children with a High Risk Birth in Mexico: Psychometric Validation of a Parental Emotional Scale

Paz¹,

Rosalía²,

Nélida³

et al. 2021

Act Sci wom hea

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Introduction: A high risk birth implies more responsibilities for parents, who suffer negative effects in their global quality of life in a direct and indirect form, presenting disorders of the emotional sphere, amongst others. Perceiving their child as vulnerable, weak and sickly generates emotional sequelae in the parents that affect the child's development.Emotions are fundamental aspects of human relationships and are invariably involved in parenting as the first emotional links between parents and children are established. Parenting involves emotions related to the difficult task adults face since the beginning of their child's life due to birth conditions. This may result in short and long-term altered emotional states that influence attitudes towards parenting and impact the high risk newborn's development.In Mexico, little has been inquired about parent emotions concerning parenting in this population.Objective: This study has the objective of validating an emotional scale in parents concerning parenting of high risk newborns. Materials and Methods: Non-experimental, exploratory, cross-sectional study with intentional non-probabilistic sampling of an only sample. 710 parents of children with a high risk birth who attended the pediatric follow-up at the National Institute of Perinatology (INper) participated. 73.2% (520) were women and 26.8% (190) men, with µ= 35.5 years (S.D.= 8.15) of age.Results: An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted using the method of main components with orthogonal rotation. The analysis yielded a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index that revealed a factorizable matrix (KMO = 0.829), as well as a significant Bartlett's test of sphericity (p < .000), which allowed for an adequate factor analysis. The instrument included 14 items distributed in three factors: Guilt and fear, Joy and Happiness and States associated with negative emotions towards parenting that account for 54.16% of total variance, with a global Cronbach alpha of 0.81. Conclusion:The present work emphasizes the relevance of having a scale that enables learning about emotions that parents experience when parenting a high risk child. It is concluded that the instrument is valid and reliable for the Mexican population. It is suggested to use it in clinical practice and in future studies side by side with other scales that contain variables or constructs related to parental emotions in their factorial structure.

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