The impact of parental multiple sclerosis on the adjustment of children and adolescents. De Judicibus, Margaret A. and McCabe, Marita P. 2006, The impact of parental multiple sclerosis on the adjustment of children and adolescents., Family therapy, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 79-97. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The impact of parental multiple sclerosis on the adjustment of children and adolescents. Author(s) De Judicibus, Margaret A. McCabe, Marita P. Journal name Family therapy Volume number 33 Issue number 2 Start page 79 End page 97 Total pages 19 Publisher Libra Publishers, Inc. Publication date 2006 ISSN 0091-6544 Summary Thirty-one parents with multiple sclerosis (MS) participated in a study to investigate the adjustment of their children, 24 boys and 24 girls aged 4 to 16 years. The majority of parents believed that their illness had an effect on their children. The perception of parents regarding their children's problems in the areas of emotions, concentration, behavior, or social interactions indicated that the children were at three times greater risk than the general community of developing psychological problems. In contrast, actual symptom scores reported by parents revealed that, although these children were at greater risk than the general community of developing peer problems, little difference was found on hyperactivity, emotional symptoms, conduct problems, or total difficulties. Parental negative affect predicted both parental reports of peer problems and perceptions that the parents' illness had an effect on their children. Parental relationship satisfaction and family income did not predict parental reports of children's level of adjustment. These results indicate that children of parents with MS demonstrate more difficulties in how they relate to others, the distress they experience, and how they manage their lives, rather than revealing higher levels of symptoms. Since the data were based on parental reports of their children's problems, the results may also be due to negative affect among the parents. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology HERDC Research category C3.1 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028154 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 16:30:36 EST Thu, 08 Apr 2010, 12:07:58 EST Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 09:17:11 EST Fri, 29 Jul 2011, 13:22:01 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2011, 13:35:16 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 404 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 16:30:36 EST

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