The mediating effects of family functioning on psychosocial outcomes in healthy siblings of children with sickle cell disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1055-1061

  Gold, Jeffrey I ^a   Treadwell, Marsha ^b   Weissman, Lina ^c   Vichinsky, Elliott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c Edgewood Center for Children and Families   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Family functioning; Mediation; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052686748     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22933     Document Type: Article

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