Parent-Child Communication and Self-Efficacy Among Families of Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Criswell-Moore, Candace
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2014-04
Abstract
This study examined how parent factors (education and income), child factors (age and sickle cell disease severity), and parent and child self-efficacy ratings related to parent-child communication and Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). In this cross-sectional study, 10 Black adolescents (ages 10 to 17 years) with SCD and one of their parents each completed a battery of measures related to SCD pain, communication, and self-efficacy. The results suggest that family income and parent education are associated with child-rated parent-child communication, and parent-rated parent-child communication is associated with parent self-efficacy ratings.