Psychological predictors of performance-based physical functioning among pediatric pain program participants.

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate changes in performance-based physical functioning and investigate psychological predictors of physical functioning over time in pediatric patients with chronic pain who completed an interdisciplinary rehabilitation intensive outpatient program (IOP).

Methods: Participants (N = 55; mean age = 14.92 years; 12.

Assessing Parental Anxiety in Pediatric Food Allergy: Development of the Worry About Food Allergy Questionnaire.

Food allergies (FAs) in children are increasingly common, and strict allergen avoidance and safety concerns place parents at risk for anxiety (Lau et al. in Pediatr Allergy Immunol 25:236-242, 2014). Assessing parental anxiety with generic instruments may not capture the unique experience of parents managing children's FAs.

College students' knowledge and management of food allergies.

This study explored predictors of food allergy management in college students, including participants' reported allergy severity, history of allergic reactions, and allergy knowledge. Further, we compared allergy knowledge in participants with food allergy to a matched sample of college students without food allergy. Participants were recruited from a larger nationwide study of knowledge and attitudes toward food allergy in college students, with purposeful oversampling of students with food allergies.