ArticleFamilies, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare2023
Bidirectional, longitudinal associations between chronic pain and family functioning in youth with spina bifida.
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- The importance of friendship: influence of peer relationships on physical and mental health in youth with spina bifida.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Article
- Developing and Piloting an Instrument to Prioritize the Worries of Female Youth with a Physical Disability and Mothers during the Transition to Adulthood.MDM policy & practiceArticle
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introductionChronic pain does not reside within an individual. Pain is affected by and affects larger systems (e.g., families). We examined longitudinal, bidirectional associations between chronic pain and family functioning in spina bifida (SB). We hypothesized a bidirectional association between pain and family functioning (cohesion and conflict); youth chronic pain status would be associated with maladaptive family functioning and maladaptive family functioning would be associated with youth chronic pain status.
methodParticipants were from an ongoing longitudinal study of adolescents with SB (
resultsYouth chronic pain status was associated with decreased family conflict (child report) and increased cohesion (parent report) over time. Increased family conflict (parent report) was associated with a greater likelihood of reporting chronic pain 2 years later. Findings were nonsignificant between observed family conflict or cohesion and chronic pain in either direction. DISCUSSION: With the presence of an additional stressor (chronic pain) families increase cohesion and reduce conflict. Increased conflict may increase a child's vulnerability of developing chronic pain. It is critical that interventions for both pain and family functioning in SB are guided by a strengths-based model. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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