TY - JOUR
T1 - Catastrophizing and parental response to child symptom complaints
AU - Langer, Shelby L.
AU - Romano, Joan M.
AU - Levy, Rona L.
AU - Walker, Lynn S.
AU - Whitehead, William E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was funded by Grant R0I HD36069 (awarded to Rona L. Levy) and Grant 1 UL1 RR025014 (awarded to the Seattle Children’s Hospital Pediatric Clinical Research Center). We thank Dennis Christie, Nader Youssef, Karen Murray, Ghassan Wahbeh, Michelle Garner, Jeannie McGinnis, Melissa Young, Melissa Coffey, Michelle Garner, Melissa DuPen, Sheri Ballard, and Annette Langseder; nursing staff in the Pediatric Clinical Research Center at Seattle Children’s Hospital; and the children and parents who participated in the study.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - This study investigated whether catastrophic thinking about pain by children with functional abdominal pain or by their parents is associated with health outcomes in the child. Participants were 132 parent-child dyads. Child catastrophizing predicted child depression, anxiety, and functional disability. Parents' catastrophizing cognitions about their own pain predicted self-reported protective responses to their children's abdominal pain (responding in ways that encourage illness behavior). Protectiveness, in turn, predicted child functional disability. All findings held despite controlling for child age, gender, and symptom severity. These results suggest that catastrophic cognitions play an important role in how children and parents cope and respond to functional abdominal pain, and may have implications for assessment and treatment in the clinical setting.
AB - This study investigated whether catastrophic thinking about pain by children with functional abdominal pain or by their parents is associated with health outcomes in the child. Participants were 132 parent-child dyads. Child catastrophizing predicted child depression, anxiety, and functional disability. Parents' catastrophizing cognitions about their own pain predicted self-reported protective responses to their children's abdominal pain (responding in ways that encourage illness behavior). Protectiveness, in turn, predicted child functional disability. All findings held despite controlling for child age, gender, and symptom severity. These results suggest that catastrophic cognitions play an important role in how children and parents cope and respond to functional abdominal pain, and may have implications for assessment and treatment in the clinical setting.
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U2 - 10.1080/02739610903038750
DO - 10.1080/02739610903038750
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:75149149051
SN - 0273-9615
VL - 38
SP - 169
EP - 184
JO - Children's Health Care
JF - Children's Health Care
IS - 3
ER -