Condition severity and psychosocial functioning in pre-adolescents with spina bifida: disentangling proximal functional status and distal adjustment outcomes
Journal of Pediatric PsychologyPublished 1 December 1999
Jennifer S. Hommeyer
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Examining relations between condition severity and psychosocial functioning in 70 8- and 9-year-old pre-adolescents with spina bifida supported a proximal effects model of condition severity as well as an indirect effects model and were consistent with recent theoretical formulations.
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Disentangling proximal functional status outcomes and distal adjustment outcomes is critical in studies of condition severity and psychosocial functioning. We discuss clinical implications.
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