TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral differences in families with and without a child with asthma
T2 - Testing the psychosomatic family model
AU - Griffin, William
AU - Parrella, Jennifer
AU - Krainz, Sonia
AU - Northey, Suzanne
PY - 2002/6
Y1 - 2002/6
N2 - Recently, Northey et al. (1998) reported equivocal support for the Psychosomatic Family Model based on their analysis of parent interaction patterns in 20 families having a male child with asthma and 20 families having a male child without asthma. We extend their work by first examining the child response patterns in the same families and then, using family-level data, develop a hierarchy of behavior patterns that discriminates between family types. Among asthma families: children were more likely to intrude into marital conversations that lasted longer than two talk turns, this was associated with higher marital quality, and marital dyads were more likely to solicit children into parent conversations and their children were more likely to respond. At the family level, clear pattern differences were found - children in asthma families are more active in parent discussions, and asthma family parents have higher contingencies for agreement. Marital quality did not consistently predict child involvement.
AB - Recently, Northey et al. (1998) reported equivocal support for the Psychosomatic Family Model based on their analysis of parent interaction patterns in 20 families having a male child with asthma and 20 families having a male child without asthma. We extend their work by first examining the child response patterns in the same families and then, using family-level data, develop a hierarchy of behavior patterns that discriminates between family types. Among asthma families: children were more likely to intrude into marital conversations that lasted longer than two talk turns, this was associated with higher marital quality, and marital dyads were more likely to solicit children into parent conversations and their children were more likely to respond. At the family level, clear pattern differences were found - children in asthma families are more active in parent discussions, and asthma family parents have higher contingencies for agreement. Marital quality did not consistently predict child involvement.
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U2 - 10.1521/jscp.21.3.226.22533
DO - 10.1521/jscp.21.3.226.22533
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0038540568
SN - 0736-7236
VL - 21
SP - 226
EP - 255
JO - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
IS - 3
ER -