TY - JOUR
T1 - Featured Article
T2 - Psychosocial and Family Functioning among Latino Youth with Spina Bifida
AU - Papadakis, Jaclyn Lennon
AU - Acevedo, Laura
AU - Ramirez, Sonia
AU - Stern, Alexa
AU - Driscoll, Colleen F.
AU - Holmbeck, Grayson N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute of Nursing Research and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (R01 NR016235), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD048629), and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (12-FY13-271). This study is part of an ongoing, longitudinal study.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2017.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - Objective: This study examined differences in psychosocial and family functioning between Latino and non-Latino Caucasian youth with spina bifida (SB), and examined family functioning as a predictor of youth psychosocial functioning as moderated by ethnicity. Methods: Participants were part of a larger, longitudinal study (Devine, Holbein, Psihogios, Amaro, & Holmbeck, 2012) and included 74 non-Latino Caucasian youth with SB and 39 Latino youth with SB (M age=11.53, 52.2% female). Data were collected at Time 1 and 2 years later, and included questionnaire and observational data of psychosocial and family functioning. Results: Latino youth demonstrated fewer externalizing symptoms, less family conflict, but also less social competence. Family conflict was associated with psychosocial functioning in Latino youth, while family cohesion, conflict, and stress were associated with psychosocial functioning in non-Latino Caucasian youth. Conclusions: Psychosocial and family functioning, and their relationship over time,may be different in Latino versus Caucasian youth with SB.
AB - Objective: This study examined differences in psychosocial and family functioning between Latino and non-Latino Caucasian youth with spina bifida (SB), and examined family functioning as a predictor of youth psychosocial functioning as moderated by ethnicity. Methods: Participants were part of a larger, longitudinal study (Devine, Holbein, Psihogios, Amaro, & Holmbeck, 2012) and included 74 non-Latino Caucasian youth with SB and 39 Latino youth with SB (M age=11.53, 52.2% female). Data were collected at Time 1 and 2 years later, and included questionnaire and observational data of psychosocial and family functioning. Results: Latino youth demonstrated fewer externalizing symptoms, less family conflict, but also less social competence. Family conflict was associated with psychosocial functioning in Latino youth, while family cohesion, conflict, and stress were associated with psychosocial functioning in non-Latino Caucasian youth. Conclusions: Psychosocial and family functioning, and their relationship over time,may be different in Latino versus Caucasian youth with SB.
KW - Family functioning
KW - Psychosocial functioning
KW - Race/ethnicity
KW - Spina bifida
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U2 - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsx096
DO - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsx096
M3 - Article
C2 - 29049792
AN - SCOPUS:85045565804
SN - 0146-8693
VL - 43
SP - 105
EP - 119
JO - Journal of pediatric psychology
JF - Journal of pediatric psychology
IS - 2
ER -