ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2026
A dyadic perspective on trust in physicians and quality of life in pediatric asthma: an actor-partner interdependence model on children and their parents.
Article in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
Abstract
objectivesThis study examined the effects of dyadic trust in physicians as a determinant of children's quality of life (QoL) in pediatric asthma. Actor and partner effects of children's and parents' trust towards physician were tested, and linear vs. curvilinear associations were compared within an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).
methodsA longitudinal design included 222 child-mother dyads (children's Mage = 12.6 years) assessed at two time points 1 year apart. Children completed trust in physician scale and a QoL questionnaire; parents reported their own trust in physicians, asthma severity, adherence, and illness-related conflict with the child.
resultsThe linear APIM demonstrated a good fit (χ2(12) = 24.53, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.97, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = 0.93, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.07, Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) = 0.08) and explained 50% of the variance in children's QoL at Time 2. Both actor (β = .18, p = .018) and partner (β = .18, p = .007) effects of trust were significant and statistically equivalent (Wald χ2 (1) = 0.25, p = .62). The quadratic model showed poorer fit (CFI = 0.89, RMSEA = 0.11), and model comparisons favored the linear specification (Δχ2 (2) = 8.63, p = .013). DISCUSSION: Findings highlight children's and mothers' trust in physicians as a dyadic, mutually reinforcing predictor of children's well-being. In pediatric asthma, higher trust, whether from the child or the parent, consistently benefits QoL, supporting a linear rather than curvilinear relationship. Strengthening trust on both sides of the parent-child dyads may enhance adherence, engagement, and long-term health outcomes.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.