title: Beyond social support: using family expectations to predict psychological adjustment in end-stage renal disease patients.
abstract: One hundred fifty-nine hemodialysis patients completed questionnaires measuring three interpersonal processes, specifically, family expectations, social support, and negative support, and psychological adjustment as measured by depression, optimism, and quality of life. Follow-up assessments were collected three months later. Cross-sectionally family expectations predicted depression when social support was controlled and both depression and quality of life when negative support was controlled. Prospectively, family expectations predicted depression at Time 2 after controlling for social support. Family expectations also predicted depression, optimism and quality of life at Time 2 after controlling for negative support. Implications for designing relevant intervention research are discussed.
authors: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Human Services, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11235-2398, USA. petra.symister@kbcc.cuny.edu
authors: Petra
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authors: Symister
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009341:Negativism; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult