Citation

Page MC, Fedele DA, Pai AL, Anderson J, Wolfe-Christensen C, Ryan JL, Mullins LL. J. Pediatr. Psychol. 2012; 37(1): 97-105.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Center for the Promotion of Treatment Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma City Community College, and Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jpepsy/jsr055

PMID

21856763

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of parent and child ratings of illness uncertainty to depressive symptomotology in children with a chronic illness using a mediational model framework. METHOD: Mother-child dyads (N = 103 pairs) each completed measures of perceived illness uncertainty, while youth also completed a measure of depressive symptomotology. RESULTS: Maternal uncertainty was directly related to child depressive symptoms; however, this relationship was mediated by child uncertainty. CONCLUSION: It would appear that a key mechanism by which parent-related uncertainty influences child depressive symptoms is through child uncertainty, underscoring the importance of examining cognitive appraisal variables and means of transmission in parent-child interactions.

Language: en