title: Associations among emergency room visits, parenting styles, and psychopathology among pediatric patients with sickle cell.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To examine associations between frequency of emergency room (ER) visits and various parenting styles, both conjointly and interactively, and psychopathological outcomes among pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-eight parents/caregivers of 6- to 18-year-old patients with SCD completed instruments assessing parenting style, child psychopathology, and reported on the frequency of ER visits during the previous year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ER visits were found to significantly explain Withdrawn/Depressed problems and parenting styles were found to incrementally contribute to the explanation of all forms of psychopathology. Further, Permissive parenting was found to explain Rule Breaking Behavior for those patients with low ER visit frequency but not for those with high ER visit frequency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of the current study confirm the importance of considering both the frequency of ER visits and parenting style in the explanation of psychopathology among pediatric patients with SCD. Results have important implications for both research and treatment.
authors: Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors: Robert D
authors: RD
authors: Latzman
authors: Yuri
authors: Y
authors: Shishido
authors: Natasha E
authors: NE
authors: Latzman
authors: T David
authors: TD
authors: Elkin
authors: Suvankar
authors: S
authors: Majumdar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: healthcare utilization; parenting; psychopathology; sickle cell disease