Stress and Coping in Youth With Spina Bifida: A Brief Longitudinal Study in a Summer Camp Setting.

Introduction: It is well established that youth with chronic conditions experience elevated levels of stress; the manner in which they respond to or cope with this stress is likely to impact both health and psychosocial outcomes. The current study examined stress and coping in youth and young adults with spina bifida (SB) using the response to stress questionnaire-SB version (RSQ-SB; Connor-Smith et al., 2000).

Social Skills and Medical Responsibility Across Development in Youth With Spina Bifida.

Objective: To examine the predictive role of social skills in youth with spina bifida (SB) on growth in medical responsibility across development.

Methods: As part of a larger, longitudinal study, 140 youth with SB were assessed across four time points (ages 8-22 across time points). Mixed-effects models were investigated for change with: (a) no predictors (i.

Longitudinal Associations Between Pain and Psychosocial Adjustment in Youth With Spina Bifida.

Objective: This study examined: (a) the nature and prevalence of pain in youth with spina bifida (SB) (b) common coping responses to pain, and (c) longitudinal, bi-directional associations between internalizing symptoms and pain characteristics.

Methods: Data were collected from youth (N = 140, 53.6% female, ages 8-15 at Time 1) and their parents and teachers at two time points spaced 2 years apart.

Pediatric Pain Beliefs Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties of the Short Form.

Unlabelled: Cognitive appraisals inform and shape individuals' pain experiences. As researchers examine mechanisms of cognitive-behavioral interventions for chronic pain, psychometrically sound measures based in cognitive theory are needed to directly assess pain beliefs. The Pain Beliefs Questionnaire (PBQ), a 32-item self-report measure informed by coping and appraisal theory, was designed to assess children's pain threat appraisals, problem-focused pain coping efficacy, and emotion-focused pain coping efficacy.

Efficacy of Training Interprofessional Spiritual Care Generalists.

Background: Provision of spiritual/religious (S/R) care has been associated with improvements in patient care, patient-provider relationships, and resource utilization. Clinicians identify a lack of training in S/R care as the primary impediment. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of one-day, simulation-based workshops to prepare interprofessional clinicians to function as capable, confident, and ethical spiritual care generalists.

Functional abdominal pain in childhood and long-term vulnerability to anxiety disorders.

Background: Cross-sectional studies link functional abdominal pain (FAP) to anxiety and depression in childhood, but no prospective study has evaluated psychiatric status in adulthood or its relation to pain persistence.

Methods: Pediatric patients with FAP (n = 332) and control subjects (n = 147) were tracked prospectively and evaluated for psychiatric disorders and functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) at follow-up in adolescence and young adulthood (mean age = 20.01 years).

Dispositional versus episode-specific assessment of children's coping with pain.

Objective: To evaluate the relation between dispositional and episode-specific pain coping measures, the variability of episode-specific pain coping over time, and the utility of dispositional versus episode-specific measures of pain coping in predicting outcomes in pediatric patients with chronic abdominal pain (CAP).

Method: Participants (N = 116) completed a clinic interview, a week of daily diary interviews, and 3-month follow-up questionnaires. Daily coping reports were averaged and compared to dispositional coping reports.

Sex, psychosocial factors, and reported symptoms influence referral for esophagogastroduodenoscopy and biopsy results in children with chronic abdominal pain.

Objectives: To identify symptoms and psychosocial factors that predicted referral for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and discriminated between patients with positive versus negative biopsy findings.

Patients And Methods: Children age 8 to 16 years old and parents completed validated questionnaires assessing gastrointestinal symptoms and psychosocial characteristics. Biopsy results of esophagus, stomach, and duodenum were reviewed.