title: Acceptance and well-being in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis: a prospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To prospectively investigate the role of acceptance in well-being in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis (CF).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 40 adolescents and young adults with CF (ages 14-22 years) completed questionnaires assessing acceptance, anxiety and depressive symptoms, physical functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning, and social functioning. After 6 months, 28 of them completed the questionnaires on anxiety and depressive symptoms, physical functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning, and social functioning a second time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More acceptance (Time 1) was related to less depressive symptoms (Time 1 and 2), and to better role, emotional, and social functioning (Time 1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that accepting the limitations imposed by chronic disease and readjusting life goals may have a positive effect upon well-being in adolescents and young adults with CF. Further research is needed to clarify whether acceptance-based interventions are useful in promoting well-being in adolescents and young adults with CF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Annabelle.Casier@Ugent.be
authors.forename: Annabelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casier
authors.forename: Liesbet
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goubert
authors.forename: Marleen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theunis
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huse
authors.forename: Frans
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Baets
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matthys
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crombez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult