title: A meta-analytic review of the psychosocial adjustment of youth with inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a meta-analytic review of psychosocial adjustment of youth with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen studies with a total of 1167 youth with IBD (M age = 14.33, 50% female) were included. Effect size (ES) estimates were calculated for anxiety symptoms & disorders, depressive symptoms & disorders, internalizing symptoms & disorders, externalizing symptoms, quality of life (QOL), social functioning, and self-esteem. Separate ESs were calculated for comparisons between IBD and youth with chronic illnesses versus healthy youth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Youth with IBD had higher rates of depressive disorders and internalizing disorders than youth with other chronic conditions. Youth with IBD had higher parent-reported internalizing symptoms, lower parent- and youth-reported QOL, and lower youth-reported social functioning compared to healthy youth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical attention to depressive disorders, QOL, and social functioning may be particularly salient in the context of pediatric IBD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA. rachel.greenley@rosalindfranklin.edu
authors.forename: Rachel Neff
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Greenley
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hommel
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nebel
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raboin
authors.forename: Shun-Hwa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Pippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mackner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment