SynthesisPsychosomatic medicine2020
A Systematic Review of Somatic Symptoms in Children With a Chronically Ill Family Member.
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- Experiences of siblings of children with chronic pediatric conditions: a qualitative systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Sense of control, selective attention, cognitive inhibition, and psychosocial outcomes after Retraining and Control Therapy (ReACT) in pediatric functional seizures.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2023Trial
- How Were Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children Influenced by the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Retrospective Study of Children Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, Romania.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- SSD-12 somatic symptom disorder scale: replication of validation and introduction of a parent version SSD-12-P.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Associations between emotional awareness deficits and somatic symptoms in a community and clinical populations: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Breaking the cycle: Psychological and social dimensions of pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Parent-adolescent communication quality does not moderate the association of emotional burden and somatic complaints in adolescents: a cross-sectional structural equation model.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Optimizing outcomes when treating functional neurological disorder in acute care settings: case reports depicting the value of diagnostic precision and timely and appropriate psychological interventions using an interdisciplinary framework.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Quality of Life of Adolescents Facing a Parental Illness: A Person-Oriented Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychiatric and personality factors in pediatric functional seizures: A prospective case-control study.Seizure · 2022Article
- Somatic Symptoms in Adolescents With an Ill Parent.Psychosomatic medicine · 2022Article
- Parental Response to Only Children: Breaking the Stereotypes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A Model of the Effects of Parental Illness on Youth Adjustment and Family Functioning: The Moderating Effects of Psychological Flexibility on Youth Caregiving and Stress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveSomatization and functional somatic symptoms reflect conditions in which physical symptoms are not sufficiently explained by medical conditions. Literature suggests that these somatic symptoms may be related to illness exposure in the family. Children with a parent or sibling with a chronic illness may be particularly vulnerable to developing somatic symptoms. This study provides a systematic review of the literature on somatic symptoms in children with a chronically ill family member.
methodsA systematic review (PROSPERO registry ID: CRD42018092344) was conducted using six databases (PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Scopus, CINAHL, and Cochrane) from articles published before April 5, 2018. All authors evaluated articles by title and abstract, and then by full-text review. Relevant data were extracted by the first author and reviewed by remaining authors.
resultsTwenty-seven unique studies met the criteria. Seventeen examined somatic symptoms in children with a chronically ill parent, and seven evaluated somatic symptoms in children with a chronically ill sibling. Three studies examined somatic symptoms in children with an unspecified ill relative. The strongest relationship between child somatization and familial illness was found with children with a chronically ill parent (13/17 studies). Evidence for somatic symptoms in children with an ill sibling was mixed (4/7 studies found a positive association).
conclusionsThe literature on somatic symptoms in children suggests that parental illness is related to increased somatic symptoms in children. Research examining the effects of having a sibling with an illness on somatic symptoms is mixed. Several areas of future research are outlined to further clarify the relationship between familial chronic illness and somatic symptoms.
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