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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 20(3) pp. 299-312, 1995
© 1995 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Coping with Unplanned Childhood Hospitalization: The Mediating Functions of Parental Beliefs 1

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk2

University of Rochester Schools of Nursing and Medicine & Dentistry

2All correspondence should be sent to Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, University of Rochester Schools of Nursing and Medicine & Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box SON, Rochester, New York 14642

Examined the processes by which two types of informational interventions (child behavioral information and parental role information) exerted effects on the coping outcomes of 108 mothers whose young children experienced unplanned hospitalization. Driven by a strong theoretical framework comprising self-regulation theory and control theory, this study's findings revealed that the effects of the experimental interventions were mediated by parental beliefs about their children's likely behavioral changes and their parental role during hospitalization. Thus, progress was made in beginning to understand how informational interventions actually enhance parent coping with childhood hospitalization.

Key words: coping; parents; childhood hospitalization; theoretical model.


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