Protective and exacerbating factors in children and adolescents with fibromyalgia
Document Type
Article
Keywords
fibromyalgia, children's coping, pediatric chronic pain, quality of life, daily hassles
Disciplines
Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Objective: To investigate protective and exacerbating factors in the adjustment of youth with juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome (JPFS), we examined the relationship of stress, coping strategies, social support, and self-efficacy to quality of life, pain, and depression. Method: Participants were 57 youths (ages 10 to 18 years) and their parents from rheumatology clinics at 2 children's hospitals. The youths self-reported daily hassles, coping strategies, social support, self-efficacy, quality of life, pain, and depression. Parents reported on the youths' major life events and quality of life. Results: In regression analyses, daily hassles, catastrophizing (a coping strategies scale), and self-efficacy predicted child-rated quality of life; self-efficacy predicted pain; and daily hassles predicted depression. Self-efficacy and familial social support moderated the relationship between daily hassles and depression. Conclusions: Daily hassles may be associated with health outcomes for youth with JPFS more than major life events are, and catastrophic thinking and self-efficacy beliefs could be appropriate intervention targets.
Article Number
1196
Publication Date
2010
Recommended Citation
Libby, C. J., & Glenwick, D. S. (2010). Protective and exacerbating factors in children and adolescents with fibromyalgia. Rehabilitation Psychology, 55, 151-158.
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