Trajectories of Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescents with Spina Bifida: A 6-Year, Four-Wave Longitudinal Follow-up

Autor/inn/en	Holmbeck, Grayson N.; DeLucia, Christian; Essner, Bonnie; Kelly, Lauren; Zebracki, Kathy; Friedman, Deborah; Jandasek, Barbara
Titel	Trajectories of Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescents with Spina Bifida: A 6-Year, Four-Wave Longitudinal Follow-up
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78 (2010) 4, S.511-525 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0019599
Schlagwörter	Congenital Impairments; Adolescents; Social Development; Psychological Patterns; Adjustment (to Environment); Longitudinal Studies; Adolescent Development; Comparative Analysis; Gender Differences; Preadolescents; Age Differences; Attention Span; Peer Acceptance; Behavior Problems; Academic Ability; Friendship; Family Relationship; Negative Attitudes; Competence; Receptive Language; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Body Composition; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Child Behavior Checklist; Self Perception Profile for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziale Entwicklung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Freundschaft; Negative Fixierung; Kompetenz; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Angst
Abstract	Objective: As a follow-up to an earlier cross-sectional study (Holmbeck et al., 2003), the current multimethod, multi-informant investigation examined individual growth in psychosocial adjustment across the adolescent transition in 2 samples: young adolescents with spina bifida (SB) and typically developing adolescents (N = 68 in both groups at Time 1). Method: Growth curve modeling procedures were used to describe the developmental course of psychosocial adjustment across 4 waves of data collection from ages 8 to 15. Child gender was included in the models as a moderator of associations between illness status and adjustment trajectories. Results and Conclusions: Findings revealed that preadolescent differences between groups were maintained for several adjustment variables, indicating that adolescents with SB have enduring academic and attention problems and difficulties with social development (e.g., fewer friends and less influence during family interactions). For other outcomes, trajectories of adjustment levels for adolescents with SB converged on levels observed in comparison adolescents, indicating some areas of resilience. Girls with SB were at risk for increasing levels of social difficulties and negative perceptions of their physical appearance. Clinical implications are discussed. (Contains 7 figures, 1 footnote and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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