title: Stress, social support, and depressive symptomatology in children with congenital/acquired limb deficiencies.
abstract: Ongoing chronic strain of living with limb deficiencies and normal daily hassles may interact to produce a negative impact on adjustment. Degree of limb loss, daily hassles/microstressors, and classmate, parent, teacher, and friend social support were investigated as predictors of depressive symptomatology in 27 children with congenital/acquired limb deficiencies. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were utilized to test the main effects and buffering interactions effects models of the stress-social support-depressive symptomatology relationship. Degree of limb loss was not a significant predictor. Microstressors and classmate, parent, and teacher social support were all significant predictors of depressive symptomatology. None of the Stress X Social Support interaction terms were statistically significant. The overall model of stress and social support predicted 73% of the variance in depressive symptomatology.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Varni
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rubenfeld
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Setoguchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*