PMID: 9642891Jun 27, 1998Paper

Trajectories of adaptation in pediatric chronic illness: the importance of the individual

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
R G FrankJ C Johnson

Abstract

This study used individual growth modeling to examine individual difference and group difference models of adaptation. The adaptation of 27 children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and 40 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was tracked for 18 months from diagnosis. A control group of 62 healthy children was followed over the same time period. Clustering procedures indicated that child and family adaptation could be described by a number of distinct adaptation trajectories, independent of diagnostic group membership. In contrast, parental adaptation trajectory was associated with diagnostic group membership and control over disease activity for the JRA group and with diagnostic group membership for healthy controls. The observation of common patterns across trajectory sets, as well as the finding that trajectories were differentially related to a number of variables of interest, support the use of trajectories to represent adaptation to chronic disease.

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Apr 1, 2000·International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology·T S Lorig
Oct 3, 2002·The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·Kathleen M Cuneo, Kathleen M Schiaffino

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