Adolescents' Experiences of Idiopathic Scoliosis in the Presurgical Period: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a sideways curvature of the spine that can progress severely during adolescent development and require surgical intervention. This qualitative study was conducted to explore the psychosocial experiences of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis during the presurgical stage of treatment.

Methods: Fourteen adolescents with moderate-to-severe AIS aged 12-17 years participated in semistructured interviews and data were analyzed using inductive reflexive thematic analysis.

Parents' information needs, treatment concerns, and psychological well-being when their child is diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A systematic review.

Objective: We systematically reviewed the experiences of parents who have a child with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in order to understand their needs and concerns related to their child's healthcare, and assist health professionals in supporting parents of this paediatric patient group.

Methods: A systematic search strategy identified eighteen relevant studies published between 2000 and 2020. Quality was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool and the literature was narratively synthesised.

An investigation of emotion recognition training to reduce symptoms of social anxiety in adolescence.

This study aimed to examine the effect of emotion recognition training on social anxiety symptoms among adolescents, aged 15-18 years. The study included a screening session, which identified participants who scored above a cut-off on a self-report measure of social anxiety for enrolment into a randomized controlled trial (Clinical Trials ID: NCT02550379). Participants were randomized to an intervention condition designed to increase the perception of happiness over disgust in ambiguous facial expressions or a sham intervention control condition, and completed self-report measures of social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, anxiety-related disorders, and depressive symptoms.