title: Coping with unplanned childhood hospitalization: the mediating functions of parental beliefs.
abstract: Examined the processes by which two types of informational interventions (child behavioral information and parental role information) exerted effects on the coping outcomes of 108 mothers whose young children experienced unplanned hospitalization. Driven by a strong theoretical framework comprising self-regulation theory and control theory, this study's findings revealed that the effects of the experimental interventions were mediated by parental beliefs about their children's likely behavioral changes and their parental role during hospitalization. Thus, progress was made in beginning to understand how informational interventions actually enhance parent coping with childhood hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester School of Nursing, New York 14642, USA.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Melnyk
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014481:United States