title: Youth With Epilepsy: Development of a Model of Children's Attitudes Toward Their Condition.
abstract: A model of children's attitudes toward their epilepsy was tested in 173 children (9-14 years) with epilepsy and their parents. Predictor variables tested were child characteristics, family mastery, child worry, child self-efficacy for seizure management, child psychosocial care needs, and seizure variables. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, leading to a revised model in which less child worry, greater family mastery, and greater child seizure self-efficacy were directly related to more child positive attitudes. Discussion focuses on potential targets for psychosocial interventions aimed at improving attitudes toward epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Nursing.
authors.forename: Joan K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Jianzhao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen