Psychosocial well-being of parents of children with oral clefts

Autor: M. M. Marazita, George L. Wehby, L. M. Moreno Uribe, Nichole Nidey
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Child: Care, Health and Development. 42:42-50
ISSN: 0305-1862
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12276
Popis: Background Parents of children with oral clefts may be impacted psychosocially in several ways, but empirical evidence remains relatively sparse. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of psychosocial well-being of parents of affected children. Methods The study included a total sample of 287 parents (171 mothers and 116 fathers) of children with oral clefts. Parents completed validated psychosocial instruments to measure social avoidance and distress, fear of negative evaluation scale, self-esteem and interpersonal support. Regression analysis was used to evaluate how selected child, parent and household characteristics relate to psychosocial outcomes focusing on child's cleft type, sex and age, differences between mothers and fathers, marital status and household income. Results Fathers had higher self-esteem than mothers (P = 0.01) and lower concern of being negatively judged by others (P
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