Family functioning, neurocognitive functioning, and behavior problems in children with sickle cell disease

To investigate the independent and combined contributions of neurocognitive and family functioning to mother-reported behavior problems in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and evaluate the factor structure of the Family Environment Scale (FES) with African American families. The study sample...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric psychology 1999-12, Vol.24 (6), p.491-498
Main Authors: THOMPSON, R. J, ARMSTRONG, F. D, WRIGHT, E, KRONENBERGER, W. G, SCOTT, D, MCCABE, M. A, SMITH, B, RADCLIFFE, J, COLANGELO, L, GALLAGHER, D, ISLAM, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological - physiology
Anemia, Sickle Cell - complications
Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - anatomy & histology
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - complications
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child, Preschool
Chronic Disease
Cognition - physiology
Diseases of red blood cells
Family - psychology
Female
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Techniques and methods
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Summary:To investigate the independent and combined contributions of neurocognitive and family functioning to mother-reported behavior problems in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and evaluate the factor structure of the Family Environment Scale (FES) with African American families. The study sample included 289 children enrolled in the multisite Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease. The study protocol included neuropsychological evaluation and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the children, and mothers completed the Child Behavior Checklist and Family Environment Scale. With child and maternal demographic parameters controlled, conflicted family functioning, but not neurocognitive functioning, accounted for a significant portion of the variance in mother-reported behavior problems. The factor structure of the FES for families of children with SCD was found to be similar to that for other families. Family functioning may be a salient target for fostering adaptation to chronic childhood illness.
ISSN:0146-8693
1465-735X
1465-735X
DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/24.6.491