Journal article
When Helping Hurts: Miscarried Helping in Families of Youth With Chronic Pain
Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.39(4), pp.427-437
05/2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109896
PMCID: PMC3994319
PMID: 24517921
Abstract
Objective To examine “miscarried helping” as a maladaptive dyadic process in families of youth with chronic pain using the Actor–Partner Interdependence Model. Methods 210 adolescents with chronic pain (mean = 14.23 years; 73.9% female) and their parents participating in a multicenter study completed measures assessing pain characteristics, miscarried helping, family functioning, parental protectiveness, and child depressive symptoms. Results Multilevel modeling revealed significant actor effects of miscarried helping on family functioning for both parents and teens, but not partner effects. Individual-level factors, including child pain characteristics, depressive symptoms, and parental protectiveness, uniquely contributed to miscarried helping. Conclusions Higher perceptions of miscarried helping contribute to worse family functioning and may be a useful target for psychological intervention in parents of children with chronic pain. Parents who exhibit more protective responses to pain and youth with more depressive symptoms may be at increased risk for a miscarried helping process to develop.
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- Title
- When Helping Hurts: Miscarried Helping in Families of Youth With Chronic Pain
- Creators
- Jessica L Fales - 1Seattle Children's Research Institute, 2Oregon Health & Science University, and 3University of WashingtonBonnie S Essner - 1Seattle Children's Research Institute, 2Oregon Health & Science University, and 3University of WashingtonMichael A Harris - 1Seattle Children's Research Institute, 2Oregon Health & Science University, and 3University of WashingtonTonya M Palermo - 1Seattle Children's Research Institute, 2Oregon Health & Science University, and 3University of Washington
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.39(4), pp.427-437
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Identifiers
- 99900547132001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article