title: Adolescents' perceptions of psychosocial factors related to sickle cell disease.
abstract: 12 adolescents with sickle cell disease rated psychosocial reactions to their disease. They had positive social and family relationships but had concerns about body development, self-confidence, being a burden on their families, and death.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Gentry
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Varlik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dancer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004644:Emotions; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent