title: The relationship of maternal and child illness uncertainty to child depressive symptomotology: a mediational model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship of parent and child ratings of illness uncertainty to depressive symptomotology in children with a chronic illness using a mediational model framework.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mother-child dyads (N = 103 pairs) each completed measures of perceived illness uncertainty, while youth also completed a measure of depressive symptomotology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Maternal uncertainty was directly related to child depressive symptoms; however, this relationship was mediated by child uncertainty.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It would appear that a key mechanism by which parent-related uncertainty influences child depressive symptoms is through child uncertainty, underscoring the importance of examining cognitive appraisal variables and means of transmission in parent-child interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. melanie.page@okstate.edu
authors.forename: Melanie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fedele
authors.forename: Ahna L H
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Cortney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolfe-Christensen
authors.forename: Jamie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Larry L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Mullins
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D035501:Uncertainty