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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 14(4) pp. 515-530, 1989
© 1989 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Stress, Social Support, and Depressive Symptomatology in Children With Congenital/Acquired Limb Deficiencies1

James W. Varni2, Lori Ann Rubenfeld, Darlene Talbot and Yoshio Setoguchi

Child Amputee Prosthetics Project, University of California Los Angeles

2All correspondence should be sent to James W. Varni, Child Amputee Prosthetics Project, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles Rehabilitation Center, 1000 Veteran Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024-1653.

Ongoing chronic strain of living with limb deficiencies and normal daily hassles may interact to produce a negative impact on adjustment. Degree of limb loss, daily hassles/microstressors, and classmate, parent, teacher, and friend social support were investigated as predictors of depressive symptomatology in 27 children with congenital/acquired limb deficiencies. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were utilized to test the main effects and buffering interactions effects models of the stress-social support-depressive symptomatology relationship. Degree of limb loss was not a significant predictor. Microstressors and classmate, parent, and teacher social support were all significant predictors of depressive symptomatology. None of the Stress x Social Support interaction terms were statistically significant. The overall model of stress and social support predicted 73% of the variance in depressive symptomatology.

Key words: stress; social support; depression; children; congenital/acquired limb deficiencies.


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