TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological adjustment of children and adolescents with chronic arthritis
T2 - A meta-analytic review
AU - LeBovidge, Jennifer Soriano
AU - Lavigne, John V.
AU - Donenberg, Geri R.
AU - Miller, Michael L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - Objective: To review studies of psychological adjustment among children and adolescents with chronic arthritis to determine whether they are at more risk for development of adjustment problems than controls. Methods: We used meta-analytic techniques to review 21 studies reporting overall adjustment problems, internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, or self-concept among youths with arthritis. Results: Youths with arthritis displayed increased risk for overall adjustment problems and internalizing symptoms, but not for externalizing symptoms or poor self-concept. Risk was greater in studies making comparisons to study controls rather than to norms and in studies including mixed disease samples (arthritis plus other rheumatic diseases) rather than samples of youths with arthritis only. Conclusions: Results suggest the importance of assessing for internalizing problems among youths with chronic arthritis. Future research may benefit from inclusion of child self-report of adjustment problems, diagnostic specificity in reporting results, and use of adjustment measures without somatic items.
AB - Objective: To review studies of psychological adjustment among children and adolescents with chronic arthritis to determine whether they are at more risk for development of adjustment problems than controls. Methods: We used meta-analytic techniques to review 21 studies reporting overall adjustment problems, internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, or self-concept among youths with arthritis. Results: Youths with arthritis displayed increased risk for overall adjustment problems and internalizing symptoms, but not for externalizing symptoms or poor self-concept. Risk was greater in studies making comparisons to study controls rather than to norms and in studies including mixed disease samples (arthritis plus other rheumatic diseases) rather than samples of youths with arthritis only. Conclusions: Results suggest the importance of assessing for internalizing problems among youths with chronic arthritis. Future research may benefit from inclusion of child self-report of adjustment problems, diagnostic specificity in reporting results, and use of adjustment measures without somatic items.
KW - Chronic arthritis
KW - Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - Pediatric chronic illness
KW - Psychological adjustment
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U2 - 10.1093/jpepsy/28.1.29
DO - 10.1093/jpepsy/28.1.29
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12490628
AN - SCOPUS:0037231784
VL - 28
SP - 29
EP - 39
JO - Journal of Pediatric Psychology
JF - Journal of Pediatric Psychology
SN - 0146-8693
IS - 1
ER -