Lack of relationship between acceptance and knowledge of asthma in school-age children and early adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
Early adolescents diagnosed with asthma have difficulty accepting their condition. This study is part of an ongoing program of research designed to increase understanding of the adolescent process of coming to acceptance. The purpose was to explore relationships among variables in the Acceptance of Asthma Model.


METHODS
A cross-sectional, theory-testing design with a sample of 94 students ages 9 to 14 years.


RESULTS
Acceptance was dependent on psychosocial influences and disease characteristics rather than knowledge of asthma.


CONCLUSIONS
Psychosocial interventions are needed to facilitate acceptance.
Kintner
Eileen Kae
EK
Division of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Programs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. ekintner@umich.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006802:Human Activities; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States