title: Family accommodation in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: Despite the importance of the family in the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), relatively little empirical attention has been directed to family accommodation of symptoms. This study examined the relations among family accommodation, OCD symptom severity, functional impairment, and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in a sample of 57 clinic-referred youth 7 to 17 years old (M = 12.99 +/- 2.54) with OCD. Family accommodation was a frequent event across families. Family accommodation was positively related to symptom severity, parent-rated functional impairment (but not child-rated impairment), and externalizing and internalizing behavior problems. Family accommodation mediated the relation between symptom severity and parent-rated functional impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. estorch@psychiatry.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Storch
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Geffken
authors.forename: Lisa J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Merlo
authors.forename: Marni L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Tanya K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Wayne K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grabill
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D017004:Codependency, Psychological; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic