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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 17(5) pp. 573-585, 1992
© 1992 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Stress, Coping, and Family Functioning in the Psychological Adjustment of Mothers of Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis1

Robert J. Thompson, Jr.2, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Kim W. Hamlett and Alexander Spock

Duke University Medical Center

2All correspondence should be sent to Robert J. Thompson, Jr., Division of Medical Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3362, Durham, North Carolina 27710

Assessed the role of illness parameters, demographic parameters, and hypothesized psychosocial/mediational processes in the psychological adjustment of 68 mothers of children and adolescents (7–17 years of age) with cystic fibrosis. Together the illness and demographic parameters accounted for only 13–15% of the variance in maternal adjustment. However, the hypothesized meditaional processes accounted for 35–40% increment in the variance in maternal adjustment. More specifically, maternal adjustment was associated with lower levels of perceived daily stress, less use of palliative coping methods, and family functioning characterized by high levels of supportiveness.

Key words: cystic fibrosis; stress; coping; family functioning; psychosocial adjustment.


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