title: Brief report: the association between peer victimization, prosocial support, and treatment adherence in children and adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between peer victimization, prosocial support, and treatment adherence in children and adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-eight children diagnosed with IBD, between the ages of 7-19 years, and their parents were recruited from an outpatient Gastroenterology Clinic. Each child completed the Social Experience Questionnaire. The child, parent, and treating physician completed a one-item measure of child medication adherence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Child reported positive social interactions moderated the relationship between child reported peer victimization and self-reported medication adherence (t = -2.09; p = .045). These relationships held when parent report of child adherence was substituted for child reported adherence in this model (t = -2.37; p = .024).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings from this pilot study suggest that prosocial support may buffer children with IBD from experiencing the more negative effects of peer victimization on treatment adherence and highlight the importance of social interactions in youth with IBD. Implications for treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165, USA. djanicke@phhp.ufl.edu
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Janicke
authors.forename: Wendy N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Nicole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kahhan
authors.forename: Katherine W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Follansbee Junger
authors.forename: Kristen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Marciel
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Storch
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Jolley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010379:Peer Group; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult