Brief report: adjustment to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: a family systems perspective.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the relations of the family environment to adjustment to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), and to examine how those relations are influenced by child sex and age.


METHODS
Ninety-four children with JRA completed a questionnaire on family environment and adjustment.


RESULTS
Family cohesion was related to good adjustment, whereas family conflict was related to poor adjustment. Some relations of family cohesion to adjustment were stronger for younger than for older children. The relations of child autonomy to adjustment depended on child sex and age.


CONCLUSIONS
The relations of the family environment to adjustment to JRA are dependent on child sex and age.
Helgeson
Vicki S
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Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. vh2e@andrew.cmu.edu
Janicki
Denise
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Lerner
Jennifer
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Barbarin
Oscar
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires