title: Children's asthma, internalizing problems, and social functioning: an urban perspective.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Asthma may serve as a risk factor for higher levels of psychosocial problems in urban school-aged children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interview data were collected from 48 children (27 with asthma and 21 without asthma) and their mothers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Asthma did not function as a risk factor for psychosocial problems in this sample. Children with more symptoms of depression and anxiety experienced poorer social functioning, regardless of their health status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results highlight the importance of examining co-occurring difficulties in psychosocial development among urban children in order to design interventions that minimize the impact of such challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA. jbender@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bender Berz
authors.forename: Karla Klein
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Murdock
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koinis Mitchell
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014505:Urban Population