Epilepsy and Children's Social and Psychological Adjustment

This research investigates the effects of epilepsy on the social and psychological adjustment of the children studied in the National Health Interview Survey of 1988. Analyses examine the effect of epilepsy on four measures of adjustment-home behavior problems, school behavior problems, depressed mo...

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Published in:Journal of health and social behavior 1995-09, Vol.36 (3), p.285-301
Main Authors: Carlton-Ford, Steve, Miller, Robin, Brown, Matthew, Nealeigh, Nichol, Jennings, Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adjustment
Adolescent
Adolescents
Behavior
Behavior Problems
Child
Child psychology
Children
Chronic diseases
Depression (Psychology)
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - complications
Epilepsy - psychology
Family Relations
Family Structure
Female
Humans
Learning Disabilities
Male
Mental depression
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Polls & surveys
Risk Factors
Seizures
Social Adjustment
Social psychology
Social research
Sociodemographic Factors
United States
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Summary:This research investigates the effects of epilepsy on the social and psychological adjustment of the children studied in the National Health Interview Survey of 1988. Analyses examine the effect of epilepsy on four measures of adjustment-home behavior problems, school behavior problems, depressed mood, and impulsiveness. For each outcome, we address five questions: (1) Do children with currently active epilepsy have poorer adjustment than children with inactive epilepsy? (2) Do children with epilepsy fare worse than other children? (3) Do demographic background and family structure moderate the apparent effects of epilepsy? (4) Do family processes mediate the apparent effects of epilepsy? and (5) Do cooccurring conditions produce the apparent effects of epilepsy? Generally, we find that: (1) Children with active and inactive epilepsy fare about equally; (2) Children with any history of epilepsy fare worse than children without epilepsy; (3) Demographic and family background moderate only a small part of epilepsy's effect; and (4) A combination of family processes and cooccurring conditions appears to produce epilepsy's apparent effects.
ISSN:0022-1465
2150-6000
DOI:10.2307/2137344